Notwithstanding any prohibition on road and highway construction or reconstruction projects in Section 13-1-119.1 NMSA 1978, the department of transportation may use a design and build project delivery system pursuant to Section 13-1-119.1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2009, ch. 207, § 1; 2016, ch. 85, § 1; 2016, ch. 86, § 1; 2021, ch. 26, § 1; 2022, ch. 12, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, removed language limiting use of the design and build procurement method to projects with a cost of over fifty million dollars ($50,000,000); and after 'Section 13-1-119.1 NMSA 1978', deleted 'for projects with a maximum allowable construction cost of more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000)'. The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, removed language limiting use of design and build procurement to federally-funded transportation projects; and after '(50,000,000)', deleted 'funded in whole or in part by federal-aid highway funds'.The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, allowed the use of design and build project delivery systems for road and highway projects that use federal-aid highway funds; after 'funded in whole or in part by', deleted 'the grants programs 016, allowed the use of design and build project delivery systems for road and highway projects that use federal-aid highway funds; after 'funded in whole or in part by', deleted 'the grants programs of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009' and added 'federal-aid highway funds'.
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