Tennessee § 54-1-503 - Selection of projects by department.

§ 54-1-503. Selection of projects by department.

The department's authority to use the CM/GC method as provided in this part is subject to the following limitations: If a proposed CM/GC contract has a total estimated contract amount in excess of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000), then the department shall specifically identify the project as a proposed CM/GC project in the transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of the commissioner's annual funding recommendations; and The cumulative cost of the CM/GC projects awarded in any single fiscal year must not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of construction contract awards made in the previous fiscal year, except as the general assembly may otherwise approve in accordance with the annual appropriations act. Acts 2013, ch. 366, § 1; 2019, ch. 106, § 2. Amendments. The 2019 amendment rewrote the section which read: “(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, during the term of this pilot program, the commissioner may select up to a total of three (3) projects for the use of the CM/GC method of project delivery. The aggregate total construction costs of the pilot program projects shall not exceed two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000). The first CM/GC project shall not exceed seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) in construction costs, and no CM/GC project shall exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in construction costs.“(b) After the first project subject to the CM/GC method has begun, the department shall not initiate any other project using the CM/GC method until after a contract for construction of the first CM/GC project has been awarded.“(c) Before using the CM/GC method of project delivery, the commissioner shall send written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives. The written notice shall identify the project and the reasons for deciding to use the CM/GC method.” Effective Dates. Acts 2013, ch. 366, § 2. July 1, 2014; provided, that, for the purpose of promulgating rules and regulations, the act took effect May 13, 2013. Acts 2019, ch. 106, § 11. April 11, 2019.