Design-Build Legislation - Design-Build for Water and Wastewater Projects - page 38

In 2005, DB was prohibited or existed as a very limited option in many states; how-
ever, during that year, a record number of bills to expand DB authority passed in state
legislatures across the country. Since 2005, the number of bills introduced to allow DB
or to remove the limitations to DB has dropped steadily; however, the DB bills that are
introduced to state legislatures typically pass (Figure 4-3). In 2005, 250 bills were intro-
duced, and 82 of them passed. This equates to a 33 percent passage rate (Figure 4-4). In
2009, the number of bills introduced was only 160, but 100, or 62 percent, of those bills
became law (Thomas 2010a).

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Figure 4-3. Design-Build legislation that was introduced or passed between 2001

and 2009

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Figure 4-4. Percentage of DB bills passed between 2001 and 2009