AB286,20,2 (14) Deliverables. (a) No later than 3 months after the effective date of this act .... [LRB inserts date], the office shall prepare a report that establishes a program structure for delivering projects as required under this subsection. The report shall specify the types of highway improvement projects to be considered and procedures and timelines for the bid process. The office may not designate a highway improvement project as a design-build project prior to the completion of the report.

AB286,20,7 (b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this act .... [LRB inserts date], the office shall prepare a design-build procurement manual that incorporates the requirements under this subsection and any applicable requirements under federal law. The manual shall be created by a committee that includes all of the following members:

AB286,20,8 1. The director.

AB286,20,11 2. Two employees of the department who represent the division of the department responsible for transportation project development and who each have not less than 5 years of experience in the transportation construction industry.

AB286,20,14 3. One person representing a state association of transportation architectural, engineering, or design companies selected from a list of 3 individuals created by the majority leader of the senate.

AB286,20,16 4. One person representing a state association of transportation construction companies selected from a list of 3 individuals created by the speaker of the assembly.

AB286,20,19 5. One person representing a national trade group with a design-build certification program and experience in assisting states with the implementation of a design-build program.

AB286,21,3 (c) No later than December 31, 2026, the office shall submit a report the joint committee on finance and the senate and assembly standing committees having jurisdiction over transportation matters summarizing observations of the process utilized for alternative project delivery methods and describing the effectiveness of the alternative project delivery methods contracting procedures. The report shall include discussion on scope of work, history of projects selected, evaluation criteria, selection process, contract administration, work progression, time and cost comparisons between the traditional contracting method and alternative delivery methods, claims, and changes.

AB286,21,9 (d) No later than 6 months after receipt of the report required under par. (c), the joint committee on finance shall determine whether the alternative project delivery pilot program was successful in providing the department with additional tools that allow innovation, reduced project completion time, cost certainty, or reduced cost or other advantages or benefits and shall make a recommendation to the legislature as to whether the pilot program should be made permanent.

AB286,3 Section 3 . 85.64 of the statutes is created to read:

AB286,21,11 85.64 Office of innovative program delivery. (1) In this section:

AB286,21,13 (a) “Director” means the director of the office of innovative program delivery attached to the department under s. 15.463 (1).

AB286,21,15 (b) “Office” means the office of innovative program delivery attached to the department under s. 15.463 (1).

AB286,21,18 (2) The secretary shall appoint a director who has no fewer than 5 years of experience in design-build project development and delivery specific to public transportation or public infrastructure construction.

AB286,21,19 (3) The director shall do all of the following:

AB286,21,20 (a) Perform the duties and functions required under s. 84.062.

AB286,21,22 (b) Employ, supervise, and train personnel assigned to the office by the secretary.

AB286,21,23 (c) Supervise all expenditures of the office.

AB286,21,24 (4) The office shall perform the duties and functions required under s. 84.062.

AB286,4 Section 4. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB286,22,12 (1) Emergency rules. The department of transportation may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate emergency rules under s. 84.062 (5) to (7) for the period before the date on which permanent rules under s. 84.062 (5) to (7) take effect. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of the emergency rule, the date on which the permanent rules take effect, of the effective date of the repeal of the emergency rule, whichever is earlier. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department of transportation is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as emergency rules is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB286,22,16 (2) Employees of the office of innovative program delivery. The secretary of the department of transportation shall assign from the department's existing position authority at least 1.0 FTE position to the office of innovative program delivery attached to the department of transportation.

AB286,22,17 (End)