Section 220.1 - Design-build as project delivery method for public water supply, wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection systemsA. For purposes of this section, "design-build" means a project delivery method in which one entity works under a single contract with the project owner to provide design and construction services.B. A conservancy district formed pursuant to Section 541 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a municipality, a county, a public trust, and any other political subdivision in this state that operates a public water supply system or wastewater treatment or collection system is authorized to utilize design-build as a project delivery method for public water supply and wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems.C. No later than November 1, 2022, the Department of Environmental Quality shall incorporate into its administrative rules a flexible permitting process to allow the utilization by the entities identified in subsection B of this section of the design-build project delivery method for public water supply and wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems.D. In the interim between the effective date of this act and promulgation of rules, the Department may authorize no more than five pilot projects in which the entities identified in subsection B of this section may utilize the design-build project delivery method for public water supply and wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems, and the Department may use the results to promulgate rules.Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 220.1
Added by Laws 2021 , c. 120, s. 1, eff. 7/1/2021.