Bill Text: VA HB661 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 661 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: Design-build engineer; contractors not required to hire on staff in order to submit proposal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Transportation [HB661 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB661-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 661 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 9, 2024 A BILL to direct the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations clarifying that design-build contractors are not required to employ a professional engineer on staff in order to qualify to submit a design-build proposal for or be awarded a transportation project. ---------- Patron-- Runion ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Department of Transportation (the Department) shall promulgate regulations clarifying that design-build contractors are not required to employ a professional engineer on staff and may delegate or subcontract the engineer-in-charge position in order to qualify to submit a design-build proposal for or be awarded a transportation project. The regulations shall state that whether a design-build contractor employs an engineer on staff or delegates or subcontracts the engineer-in-charge position, the engineer-in-charge shall not be considered as a factor during the selection of a design-build contractor by the Department.