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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 11-41.2:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 11-41.2:1. Design-build or construction management contracts for public bodies other than the Commonwealth authorized.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary: (i) the City of
Richmond may enter into a contract for the construction of a visitors'
center; (ii) Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas
Park may enter into a contract for the construction of a regional jail; (iii)
the Counties of Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison and Orange may enter into a
contract for a regional jail; (iv) the City of Norfolk may enter into a
contract for construction of a jail and construction of a replacement public
health center; (v) the City of Winchester and the Counties of Clarke and
Frederick may enter into a contract for the construction of an adult regional
detention facility; (vi) the Counties of King George and Spotsylvania, the
City of Fredericksburg, and any other counties which are members of the
Rappahannock Regional Jail Board may enter into a contract for the
construction of a regional jail; (vii) the County of Henrico may enter into a
contract for enlargement or renovation of its existing jail or the Counties
of Henrico, Goochland and New Kent may enter into a contract for the
construction of a regional jail; (viii) the Counties of King George,
Richmond, and Westmoreland and the Town of Warsaw, or any combination of
three or more of those localities, may enter into a contract for the
construction of a regional jail; (ix) the Counties of Alleghany and Bath and
the Cities of Covington and Clifton Forge, or any three, may enter into a
contract for construction of a regional jail; (x) Albemarle County and the
City of Charlottesville may enter into a contract for the construction of an
addition to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Joint Security Complex; (xi) the
City of Chesapeake may enter into a contract for the construction of a
replacement for the Jordan Bridge; (xii) the County of Northampton may enter
into a contract for the construction of a jail; (xiii) any political
subdivision either individually or in conjunction with other political
subdivisions may enter into a contract for the construction of a materials
recovery facility or a solid waste processing facility; (xiv) any city with a
1990 United States Census population in excess of 350,000 persons may enter
into a contract for the construction of a long-term water supply project from
the Roanoke River and the expansion of a Marine Science Museum; (xv) the City
of Chesapeake may enter into a contract for the renovation of its existing
jail and the construction of a new jail; (xvi) the Town of Vienna may enter
into contracts for the construction of a Public Works and Maintenance
Buildings Project at the Northside Property Yard, and reconstruction of the
Town Hall to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §
12101 et seq.), and relocation of utilities and reconstruction of bus
shelters, sidewalks, driveway aprons and crosswalks and landscaping along the
Maple Avenue Business District; (xvii) the County of Frederick may enter into
a contract for the construction of county administrative offices,
; (xviii) the Counties of James City and York, and the Cities of
Poquoson and Williamsburg may enter into a contract for the construction of
the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail; and (xix) the Counties of Essex,
Mathews, Middlesex, King and Queen and King William may enter into a contract
for the construction of the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center;
and (xx) the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority may enter into a contract
for the construction of a major league baseball stadium in Northern Virginia
Planning District 8, on a fixed price or not-to-exceed price design-build
basis or construction management basis in accordance with procedures
consistent with those described in this chapter for procurement of
nonprofessional services through competitive negotiation. Such governing
bodies may authorize payment to no more than three responsive bidders who are
not awarded the design-build contract if such governing bodies determine that
such payment is necessary to promote competition. Such governing bodies shall
not be required to award a design-build contract to the lowest bidder, but
may consider price as one factor in evaluating the proposals received. Such
governing bodies shall maintain adequate records to allow post-project
evaluation by the Commonwealth.
For purposes of this section, "materials recovery facility" shall mean a facility receiving source separated recyclable materials and processing them for the secondary materials market, and "solid waste processing facility" shall mean a facility which specializes in the recovery of recyclable and reusable materials from a solid waste stream and which may include the production of fuel or compost or both.