House Bill 2634 by John Kuempel was passed on the House floor on third reading on May 5, 2015, and was referred to the Senate. The bill would remove an exception to a prohibition against a governmental entity's project architect or engineer serving, alone or in combination with another person, as the construction manager-at-risk. Under current law, if the engineer or architect is not an employee of the governmental entity, the selected engineer or architect may also serve as the construction manager-at-risk if a separate procurement is conducted.
The provisions in the bill would apply to a contract for the services of a construction manager-at-risk entered into on or after the effective date of this bill. A contract entered into for the services of a construction manager-at-risk before the effective date of this bill would be governed by the law in effect when the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
To read the bill text, click on the link below.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB2634