This bill exempts highway construction contracts handled by the Department of Transportation from having to follow South Dakota's standard competitive bidding and procurement rules. It also exempts utility contracts that are bid alongside these highway projects from the same procurement requirements. The change simplifies the procurement process for highway projects by allowing the Department of Transportation to use its own contracting procedures instead of the state's general purchasing requirements.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment renumbered the subsections of § 5-18A-22 from (3)-(18) to (4)-(19) to accommodate a new subsection (1) exempting highway construction contracts from procurement requirements, and corrected a citation from "1-16G, 1-16H, 1-16J, 5-15 12" to "1-16G, 1-16H, 1-16J, 5-12," which clarifies and formalizes the bill's core purpose to exempt Department of Transportation highway construction contracts from competitive bidding procedures. This change **narrows** the bill's scope by making the highway construction exemption the primary substantive change rather than a general procurement revision.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 452
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 410
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 449
Signed by the President S.J. 388
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 14. H.J. 415
House of Representatives Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 387
Transportation Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 19
Transportation Do Pass Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 19
Transportation Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 137
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 94
Senate Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 83
Transportation Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 3
Transportation Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 3
Transportation Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 17
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Transportation — Do Pass
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Transportation — Do Pass