Relating to levee and drainage districts, by increasing the threshold of the estimated cost of a repair or improvement before a hearing is required to be conducted

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

BILL’S PROVISIONS., a county board of supervisors) to order a repair (to restore or maintain its capacity) or an improvement (to expand, enlarge, or otherwise increase its capacity) without conducting a hearing on the matter. The amount required for the board to so act is increased from $50,000 to $100,000 or the adjusted competitive bid threshold, whichever is less. ADJUSTED COMPETITIVE THRESHOLD. In lieu of a statutory dollar amount used to determine whether bids are required to be let under Code chapter 468, the amount may be set by the vertical infrastructure bid threshold subcommittee for public improvements established within the department of transportation.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 10, 2020. On February 24, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Rep. John H. Wills REmail
• Rep. Kenan Judge DEmail
• Rep. David E. Maxwell R

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