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1996 SESSION
962205649Patrons-- Earley and Quayle; Delegates: Forbes, Nelms, Robinson and Spruill
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; (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; (xx) the County of Powhatan may enter into
a contract for the renovation of the former public school building; (xxi) 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; (xxii) the school board of any county with a population of less
than 100,000 and adjacent to a county having the urban county executive form of
government may enter into contracts for the construction of two public schools;
(xxiii) the school board of any city with a population between 16,100 and
18,100 may enter into a contract for the renovation and improvement of a public
school; and (xxiv) any county with a population in excess of 200,000 and
adjacent to a county having the urban county executive form of government may
enter into contracts for the construction of a biotechnology laboratory,
office, and warehouse facility; [ and ] (xxv) the City
of Chesapeake may enter into contracts for the improvement of South Battlefield
Boulevard [ , ; and (xxvi) the County of Loudoun may enter
into contracts for expansion of the Loudoun County Courthouse, ] 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.