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HOUSE BILL NO. 750

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H0750......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - Adds to and amends existing law to provide for
the licensing of construction managers who provide construction management
services on public works projects.

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H0750


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 750

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO LICENSING OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS; AMENDING TITLE 54, IDAHO CODE,
 3        BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 45, TITLE 54, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  A
 4        SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, TO PROVIDE DEF-
 5        INITIONS,  TO  ESTABLISH  A  CONSTRUCTION  MANAGEMENT LICENSING BOARD WITH
 6        SPECIFIED POWERS AND DUTIES, TO REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION  MANAGERS  ON  PUBLIC
 7        WORKS PROJECTS TO BE LICENSED, TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE, TO
 8        PROVIDE  FOR  INTERIM  AND  TEMPORARY  LICENSES,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR LICENSE
 9        RENEWAL, TO PROVIDE FOR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS, TO PROVIDE FOR  CERTIFI-
10        CATES OF AUTHORITY FOR FIRMS PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES ON
11        PUBLIC  WORKS  PROJECTS,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR LICENSE FEES AND DISPOSITION OF
12        FUNDS, TO REQUIRE BIDDING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, TO REQUIRE BONDING OF
13        CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS WHO HOLD AND DISBURSE FUNDS,  TO  PROVIDE  PENALTIES
14        FOR  VIOLATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; AND AMENDING SECTION
15        67-2320, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR SELECTION OF  PROFESSIONALS  PROVIDING
16        DESIGN SERVICES ON PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

18        SECTION  1.  That Title 54, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended
19    by the addition thereto of a  NEW CHAPTER , to be known and  desig-
20    nated as Chapter 45, Title 54, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

21                                      CHAPTER 45
22                        CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LICENSING ACT

23        54-4501.  SHORT  TITLE.  The provisions of this chapter shall be known and
24    may be cited as the "Construction Management Licensure Act of 1998."

25        54-4502.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT. In order to protect the public  welfare  and
26    to  promote  the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of persons
27    providing construction management services, the  provisions  of  this  chapter
28    provide  for  the licensure of individuals and regulation of persons providing
29    construction management services for public works projects. In the performance
30    of their services, construction managers shall comply with the  provisions  of
31    section 50-341, Idaho Code, relating to the competitive bidding process.

32        54-4503.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
33        (1)  "Applicant"  means an individual who applies for a license or interim
34    license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
35        (2)  "Board" means the construction management licensing board established
36    in this chapter.
37        (3)  "Construction manager" means an individual who performs  construction
38    management services. Licensure under the provisions of this chapter requires a
39    construction  manager  to  comply with the provisions of section 50-341, Idaho
40    Code, relating to the competitive bidding process.


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 1        (4)  "Construction management services" means representation of  an  owner
 2    in public works construction, as defined in section 54-1901(c), Idaho Code, by
 3    a  person with substantial discretion and authority to plan including schedul-
 4    ing, estimating and approval, coordinate, manage or direct phases of a project
 5    for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair or reconstruction of  any
 6    public  work.  This  definition shall not include general contracting services
 7    provided by public works contractors who actually perform  the  work  of  con-
 8    struction,  alteration,  repair  or  reconstruction. This definition shall not
 9    include services for which the laws of this  state  require  a  person  to  be
10    licensed  as  an architect or registered as a professional engineer, nor shall
11    it include services traditionally and customarily provided by licensed  archi-
12    tects or registered professional engineers.
13        (5)  "Firm"  means any business organization, including individuals, part-
14    nerships, corporations, associations or any combination thereof  acting  as  a
15    unit.
16        (6)  "Licensure" means the issuance of a license to an applicant under the
17    provisions  of  this  chapter authorizing such individual to offer and perform
18    construction management services.
19        (7)  "Person" includes an individual, partnership,  corporation,  associa-
20    tion or other organization.

21        54-4504.  CONSTRUCTION  MANAGEMENT  LICENSING  BOARD.  (1) There is hereby
22    created in the department of self-governing agencies the construction  manage-
23    ment  licensing board comprised of five (5) members appointed by the governor.
24    Each board member shall be appointed for a term of three (3)  years,  provided
25    that  the initial appointments shall consist of two (2) members with three (3)
26    year terms, two (2) members with two (2) year terms, and one (1) member with a
27    one (1) year term. At least one (1) member of the board shall be a  member  of
28    the public works contractors licensing board, at least one (1) member shall be
29    a licensed architect and at least one (1) member shall be a registered profes-
30    sional engineer. Within two (2) years of the effective date of this chapter at
31    least  two (2) members shall be licensed construction managers. Each member of
32    the board shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(h),  Idaho  Code,
33    to be allowed and paid from the construction management license account.
34        (2)  In  case  of a vacancy occurring on the board by reason of the death,
35    resignation, incapacity, neglect or refusal to act of any member,  or  in  any
36    other  way,  the  governor  shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the
37    unexpired term of the vacancy. The governor shall have the power to remove any
38    board member for willful failure to properly discharge the duties of  a  board
39    member.
40        (3)  The  board  shall  meet  at least annually to elect a chairman, vice-
41    chairman, and secretary and to take official board action on all pending  mat-
42    ters.  Three  (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and official
43    actions may be taken by a majority vote of those voting, provided that a  quo-
44    rum is present.

45        54-4505.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD. The board shall have the follow-
46    ing powers and duties:
47        (1)  To receive and process applications for construction manager licenses
48    and certificates of authority and to issue the same;
49        (2)  To  prepare,  conduct,  and grade examinations of applicants for con-
50    struction manager licenses or to contract for such services to be provided;
51        (3)  To certify the results of examinations of  applicants  and  determine
52    whether an applicant is qualified for licensure;
53        (4)  To  conduct  investigations,  hearings  and proceedings in connection


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 1    with the suspension or revocation of licenses or certificates of authority;
 2        (5)  To perform all duties and exercise all other powers granted  pursuant
 3    to this chapter or the laws of the state of Idaho;
 4        (6)  To  enter into agreements with the department of self-governing agen-
 5    cies, bureau of occupational licenses, to provide staffing, clerical and other
 6    support services for the board and for the administration of its duties  under
 7    the provisions of this chapter and to act in its interest; and
 8        (7)  To  adopt  and promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions
 9    of this chapter pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.

10        54-4506.  LICENSE REQUIRED. (1) Except as otherwise  provided  herein,  on
11    and  after  the  effective  date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any
12    person to act as a construction manager or to practice or perform or offer  to
13    perform  construction  management services unless such construction management
14    services are performed by or under the direct supervision of a  licensed  con-
15    struction manager.
16        (2)  Only an individual may be licensed as a construction manager. No firm
17    may  provide or hold itself out as providing, construction management services
18    unless it holds a certificate of authority issued by  the  board  pursuant  to
19    section 54-4511, Idaho Code.
20        (3)  Construction  management services provided by a firm must be provided
21    under the direct supervision and control of a  licensed  construction  manager
22    who is a principal or employee of the firm.

23        54-4507.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  LICENSURE.  (1)  Any individual who wishes to
24    become licensed as a construction manager shall make  written  application  to
25    the  board  on  such  forms or in such manner as the board may prescribe. Each
26    applicant shall provide such proof as the board may require that he:
27        (a)  Has a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering or  construction
28        management  from  a college or university which has an educational program
29        in architecture, engineering or construction management, as the  case  may
30        be,  accredited  by  a  nationally recognized accrediting organization and
31        that he has a minimum of three (3) years' experience in managing construc-
32        tion projects; or
33        (b)  Has a minimum of eight (8) years' experience in responsible charge of
34        providing construction management services.
35        (2)  If the board finds that the  applicant  meets  the  requirements  for
36    licensure  set forth in subsection (1) of this section, it shall administer an
37    examination to the applicant, which examination shall be offered at least once
38    each year. The examination shall test the  applicant's  knowledge  and  profi-
39    ciency  in construction management issues, including health, environmental and
40    safety  regulations,  interpretation  of  construction  contracts,  financing,
41    scheduling and project administration for  construction  projects.  The  board
42    shall  establish  a  fee  for  administering the examination to each applicant
43    which must be paid before the applicant may sit for the examination.
44        (3)  An applicant who demonstrates knowledge and proficiency of  construc-
45    tion  management by virtue of passing the examination, and upon the payment of
46    an  appropriate fee, shall be issued a license authorizing that individual  to
47    provide construction management services.

48        54-4508.  INTERIM AND TEMPORARY LICENSES. (1) For a period of one (1) year
49    following  the  effective  date  of this chapter, each applicant who meets the
50    requirements of section 54-4507(1), Idaho Code, shall  be  issued  an  interim
51    construction  manager's  license pursuant to such application terms and condi-
52    tions as the board may require. At the conclusion of the one (1) year  period,


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 1    following  the  effective  date  of  this chapter, such interim licenses shall
 2    expire and thereafter all licensed construction managers shall be required  to
 3    meet the licensure requirements as set forth in section 54-4507, Idaho Code.
 4        (2)  The  board  may  issue a temporary license for a period not to exceed
 5    one (1) year to an applicant who provides satisfactory proof of possession  of
 6    a  valid  construction  manager's  license issued by another state pursuant to
 7    requirements substantially similar to those  set  forth  in  section  54-4507,
 8    Idaho Code.
 9        (3)  Interim  and  temporary  licenses  may not be renewed nor their terms
10    extended beyond the period set forth in this section.

11        54-4509.  LICENSE RENEWAL. (1) Each construction management license issued
12    under the terms of this chapter shall expire and become invalid one  (1)  year
13    after issuance unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the board.
14        (2)  Upon  application,  the board may grant inactive status to the holder
15    of a license who is no longer actively providing construction management  ser-
16    vices.
17        (3)  The  board  may  provide  for reinstatement of an expired or inactive
18    license upon such terms as it may determine by rule.

19        54-4510.  DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. (1) The board shall have the authority
20    to deny or refuse to renew a license or certificate of authority,  suspend  or
21    revoke a license, or impose probationary conditions on the holder of a license
22    or certificate of authority, upon the following grounds:
23        (a) Fraud  or  deception in the procurement of a license or certificate of
24        authority or in the taking of an examination required under the provisions
25        of this chapter;
26        (b) Incompetence in the performance of a construction manager's duties;
27        (c) Fraud or deceit in the performance of a construction manager's duties;
28        or
29        (d) Willful violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules  pro-
30        mulgated by the board.
31        (2)  Proceedings  which  may  result  in the suspension or revocation of a
32    license or certificate of authority, or the imposition of probationary  condi-
33    tions  on  the  holder of a license or certificate of authority, shall be con-
34    ducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho  Code;
35    provided  however, that the suspension of a certificate of authority, upon the
36    notification by its holder that the construction manager it has designated  to
37    the  board  no  longer  is  a  principal or employee of the firm, shall not be
38    required to be conducted in accordance with  the  provisions  of  chapter  52,
39    title 67, Idaho Code.
40        (3)  The board may, by rule, provide for the reinstatement of suspended or
41    revoked licenses upon such terms as it may impose.

42        54-4511.  CERTIFICATES  OF  AUTHORITY FOR FIRMS. (1) No firm shall provide
43    or hold itself out as providing construction management services unless it has
44    a certificate of authority issued by the board.  If one (1) or more principals
45    or employees of a firm are licensed construction  managers the firm may  apply
46    to  the board for a certificate of authority to provide and hold itself out as
47    providing construction management services. An application for  a  certificate
48    of authority shall:
49        (a)  Designate  the  licensed  construction  manager  or managers, who are
50        principals or employees of the firm, specified to be in responsible charge
51        of construction management services provided by the firm;
52        (b)  Be accompanied by a statement signed by  such  licensed  construction


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 1        manager  or managers accepting the responsibility and duty to provide con-
 2        struction management services for the firm; and
 3        (c)  Contain such other information as the board reasonably may require.
 4        If the board concludes that the construction manager  or  managers  desig-
 5    nated  by the firm is or are licensed in good standing and that the firm meets
 6    such other criteria reasonably established by the board, it shall issue a cer-
 7    tificate of authority to the firm authorizing it to provide  and  hold  itself
 8    out as providing construction management services.
 9        (2)  If  the construction manager or managers designated by the firm cease
10    to be licensed or to be principals or employees of the firm,  the  firm  shall
11    immediately  notify the board in writing and shall cease to hold itself out as
12    qualified to offer construction management services. Upon receiving such noti-
13    fication the board shall suspend the firm's certificate of authority.  If  the
14    firm  is in the process of providing construction management services when its
15    designated licensed construction manager becomes unable to provide those  ser-
16    vices,  the  firm  shall complete the construction management services for the
17    project by using the services of another  licensed  construction  manager  who
18    need not be a principal or employee of the firm. The firm shall not provide or
19    hold  itself out as providing construction management services for other proj-
20    ects until the board has reinstated the firm's certificate of authority  which
21    the board shall do if the firm submits an application for reinstatement of its
22    certificate  of authority, which shall contain the information required for an
23    original application together with such other information as the board reason-
24    ably may require, and the board finds such application to be satisfactory  and
25    complete.

26        54-4512.  FEES  -- DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. (1) The board shall adopt by rule
27    reasonable fees not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each of the  fol-
28    lowing:
29        (a)  Initial examination and licensing;
30        (b)  License renewal;
31        (c)  Inactive licenses;
32        (d)  License reinstatement; and
33        (e)  Issuance, suspension and reinstatement of a certificate of authority.
34        (2)  All  fees collected by the board shall be paid to the bureau of occu-
35    pational licenses and deposited in the state treasury, to the  credit  of  the
36    occupational  licenses  fund, and shall be used only for the administration of
37    the provisions of this chapter. All expenses incurred pursuant to  the  provi-
38    sions  of  this chapter shall be paid from the occupational licenses fund. All
39    fees collected by the board under the provisions of this  chapter  are  hereby
40    appropriated for one (1) year following the effective date of this chapter and
41    thereafter  as  appropriated each year by the legislature for carrying out the
42    purposes and objectives of this chapter and to  pay  all  costs  and  expenses
43    incurred  in  connection  therewith. Such moneys shall be paid out on warrants
44    drawn by the state controller upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by
45    the board.

46        54-4513.  MANAGEMENT OF OWNER'S FUNDS --  BIDDING  OF  CONTRACTS  --  DUAL
47    CAPACITY.  (1)  A  construction manager licensed pursuant to the provisions of
48    this chapter is authorized to perform all  construction  management  services,
49    except that a licensed construction manager may not hold or disburse a project
50    owner's  funds  unless  the construction manager or the firm of which the con-
51    struction manager is a principal or employee also meets  the  requirements  of
52    section 54-4514, Idaho Code.
53        (2)  In  soliciting  bids or awarding contracts for public works construc-


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 1    tion, a licensed construction manager shall comply with all notice and bidding
 2    laws with which an owner would be required to comply if it were to do the same
 3    activities without the assistance of a construction manager.
 4        (3)  A licensed construction manager and the firm of which he is a princi-
 5    pal or employee shall not provide construction management services for a  con-
 6    struction  project on which the licensed construction manager or his firm also
 7    provides design services or other construction related services, whether as  a
 8    contractor or subcontractor.

 9        54-4514.  REQUIREMENT  OF  BOND. Any licensed construction manager or firm
10    providing construction management services who undertakes, or offers to under-
11    take, the management of public  works  construction,  as  defined  in  section
12    54-1901,  Idaho  Code, shall be required to post a bond or bonds in such forms
13    and amounts and pursuant to such terms and conditions  as  may  be  determined
14    pursuant to the provisions of the public contracts bond act, sections 54-1925,
15    et seq., Idaho Code.

16        54-4515.  PENALTIES. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter
17    shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

18        54-4516.  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The board may bring an action in the district
19    court  for  a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent
20    injunction against any person who violates the provisions of this chapter.

21        SECTION 2.  That Section 67-2320, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        67-2320.  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CONTRACTS WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONALS 
24    AND PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS . (1) Notwithstanding any  other  provi-
25    sion  of  law  to  the contrary, it shall be the policy of this state that all
26    public agencies and political subdivisions of the state  of  Idaho    may
27        and  their agents shall  make selections for professional
28    engineering, architectural and  professional  land  surveying  ser-
29    vices,  including services by persons licensed pursuant to chapters 3, 12
30    ,   and   19,  30  and 45 ,  title  54,
31    Idaho  Code,  on  the  basis of qualifications and demonstrated competence and
32     may   shall  negotiate contracts or agreements for such
33    services on the basis of demonstrated competence and  qualifications  for  the
34    type of services required at fair and reasonable prices.
35        (2)  In  carrying  out this policy, public agencies and political subdivi-
36    sions of the state  may   shall  use the following 
37    minimum  guidelines  in securing contracts for engineering,  archi-
38    tectural  and  land  surveying services on projects for which the professional
39    service fee is anticipated to exceed the total sum of fifteen thousand dollars
40    ($15,000), excluding professional services contracts previously awarded for an
41    associated or phased project, and the expenditure is otherwise exempt from the
42    bidding process provided by law :
43        (a)  Encourage persons  or firms  engaged in the    design
44        professions    services being solicited  to submit state-
45        ments of qualifications and performance data;
46        (b)  Establish and make available to  all interested  persons  
47         the public  the criteria and procedures used for the selection
48        of qualified persons  or firms  to perform such services;
49        (c)  Select    from  the  interested  persons  those   the
50         persons  or firms  whom the public agency  or  political


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 1        subdivision  determines    the  most  highly    to be best
 2         qualified to provide the required services , ranked   in
 3        order   of   preference,  pursuant  to  the  public  agency  or  political
 4        subdivision's established criteria and procedures;
 5        (d)  Negotiate with  the  highest  qualified   
 6        ranked    person  or firm  for a contract or agreement to
 7        perform such services at a price determined by the public agency or polit-
 8        ical subdivision to be reasonable and fair to the public after considering
 9        the estimated value, the scope, the complexity and the nature of the  ser-
10        vices;
11        (e)  When  unable  to negotiate a satisfactory contract or agreement, for-
12        mally terminate negotiations and  undertake  negotiations  with  the  next
13          most  qualified    highest ranked  person  or
14        firm , following the procedure prescribed in  subsection  (2)(d)  of
15        this section;  and 
16        (f)  When  unable  to  negotiate a satisfactory contract or agreement with
17        any of the selected persons   or  firms  ,  continue  with  the
18        selection  and  negotiation  process provided in this section until a con-
19        tract or agreement is reached ; and
20        (g)  In fulfilling the requirements of subsections (2)(a)  through  (2)(f)
21        of  this  section,  a public agency or political subdivision may limit its
22        selection from  a  list  of  three  (3)  persons  or  firms  selected  and
23        preapproved  for  consideration by the public agency or political subdivi-
24        sion .
25        (3)   In securing contracts for engineering,  architectural  or  land
26    surveying  services  on  projects  for  which  the professional service fee is
27    anticipated to be  less  than  the  total  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars
28    ($15,000),  the  public agency or political subdivision may use the guidelines
29    set forth in paragraphs (a) through (f) of subsection (2) of this  section  or
30    establish  its  own  guidelines for selection based on demonstrated competence
31    and qualifications to perform the type of services required, followed by nego-
32    tiation of the fee at a price determined by the  public  agency  or  political
33    subdivision  to  be fair and reasonable after considering the estimated value,
34    the scope, the complexity and the nature of services.
35        (4)  When a public agency or political subdivision of the state has previ-
36    ously awarded a professional services contract to a  person  or  firm  for  an
37    associated  or  phased project the public agency or political subdivision may,
38    at its discretion, negotiate an extended or new professional services contract
39    with that person or firm. 
40         (5)   (a) For the purposes of this  section,  "public  agency"
41        shall  mean  the  state of Idaho and any departments, commissions, boards,
42        authorities, bureaus, universities,  college  s  ,  educational
43        institutions  or other state agencies which have been created by or pursu-
44        ant to statute other than courts and their agencies and divisions, and the
45        judicial council and the district magistrate's commission;
46        (b)  For the purposes of this section, "political subdivision" shall  mean
47        a  county,  city,  airport, airport district, school district, health dis-
48        trict, road district, cemetery district,  junior    commu-
49        nity    college  district,  hospital  district, irrigation district,
50        sewer district, fire protection district, or any other district or munici-
51        pality of any nature whatsoever having the power to levy taxes or  assess-
52        ment,  organized  under any general or special law of this state. The enu-
53        meration of certain districts herein shall not  be  construed  to  exclude
54        other districts or municipalities from this definition.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 07955
    
    Idaho does not currently have a process in code for use of a 
    "construction manager". Many public entities are attempting to use 
    this concept but bonding and bidding laws are being ignored on 
    public works projects. It exposes those districts to large 
    potential financial losses. This bill would define the method by 
    which public entities could use the process through licensing and 
    oversight.
    
    In addition, the bill defines how architects, engineers, 
    and land surveyors would be selected under a method of quality 
    based selection by public entities for their portion of the 
    public works jobs. Their selections would be based on 
    demonstrated competence as design professionals.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    License fees will provide funds to conduct the license 
    procedures required by this legislation. This bill is revenue 
    neutral.
    
    CONTACT: Representative Lee Gagner
              (208) 332-1000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 750