Bill: HB 2634, 84(R) - 2015

Committee

House Government Transparency & Operation

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Yes Positive Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Author(s)

John Kuempel

Co-Author(s)

Cecil Bell Jr.
Kyle Kacal
Armando Martinez
Wayne Smith

Bill Caption

Relating to the construction manager-at-risk used by a governmental entity.

Fiscal Notes

No significant fiscal impact to the State or local governments is expected. 

Bill Analysis

HB 2634 would close a loophole that allows for an engineer or architect, or entity related to the engineer or architect, to also serve as construction manager-at-risk for a governmental entity's project. 

HB 2634 would also add that an entity is related to the governmental entity's architect or engineer if the entity is a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity that is a subsidiary, parent corporation, or partner or has any other relationship in which the governmental entity's architect or engineer has an ownership interest, or is subject to common ownership or control, or is party to an agreement by which it will receive any proceeds of the construction manager-at-risk's payments from the governmental entity. 

Vote Recommendation Notes

5/25 Update: 

No changes have been made to this bill in Senate committee. The second chamber sponsor is Sen. Zaffirini and the co-sponsor is Sen. Hinojosa. First chamber recommendation below:

HB 2634 would close a loophole to allow for greater market competitiveness and remove the possibility for conflict of interest in these government projects. We support this legislation.  


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