An Act To Allow Alternative Delivery Methods for Locally Funded School Construction Projects

Sec. 1. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §9-B  is enacted to read:

Sec. 9-B. Additional eligible projects with contracts dated before October 1, 2016. After October 1, 2011, no more than 10 projects may be approved under the provisions of this section. A school administrative unit seeking to use an alternative delivery method for a school construction project subject to approval under section 11 of this Act may employ any one of the following methods in undertaking a school construction project that is locally funded, has a minimum total project cost of $2,500,000 and has an executed contract between the school administrative unit and the project designer dated prior to October 1, 2016:

1. The construction-manager-advisor method;

2. The design-build method; and

3. The construction-manager-at-risk method.