§ 515. Contracts for project; guaranty of cost

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1940

   Pub. L. 76–409 § 5 · 54 Stat. 497

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 515

   June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 5, 54 Stat. 498

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 5, 54 Stat. 498

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. constracts for project; guaranty of cost After approval of such general plans and specifications by the Secretary, and within ninety days after notification of such approval, the bridge owner shall, in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe, take bids for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such general plans and specifications. All bids, including Recommendation of owner. any bid for all or part of the project submitted by the bridge owner, shall be submitted to the Secretary, together with a recommendation by the bridge owner as to the most competent bid or bids, and at the same time the bridge owner shall submit to the Secretary a Written guaranty of cost. written guaranty that the total cost of the project, including the cost of such work as is to be performed by the bridge owner and not included in the work to be performed by contract, shall not exceed the sum stated in said guaranty. The Secretary may direct the Rejection, etc. bridge owner to reject all bids and to take new bids, or may authorize the bridge owner to proceed with the project, by contract, or partly by contract and partly by the bridge owner, or wholly by the bridge owner. Upon such authorization and fixing of the proportionate Commencement of work. shares of the cost as provided in section 6, the bridge owner shall, within a reasonable time to be prescribed by the Secretary, proceed with the work of alteration: and the cost thereof shal1 be borne by the United States and by the bridge owner, as hereinafter provided.

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–640 § 1(a) · 72 Stat. 595

   1. Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 515

      Pub. L. 85–640 struck out provisions which required bridge owner to take bids within 90 days after notification of approval of general plans and specifications

   2. Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 515

      Pub. L. 85–640 inserted provisions permitting the taking of partial bids where funds have been appropriated for part of a project, and requiring the bridge owner, if requested, to submit a revised guaranty of cost

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–640 struck out provisions which required bridge owner to take bids within 90 days after notification of approval of general plans and specifications, and inserted provisions permitting the taking of partial bids where funds have been appropriated for part of a project, and requiring the bridge owner, if requested, to submit a revised guaranty of cost.

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