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Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the first indented paragraph and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘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.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes Committee Amendment "A" and replaces it with the bill. It authorizes the approval of 10 additional school construction projects by school administrative units seeking to use an alternative delivery method for a school construction project. Such a project must be locally funded, have a minimum total project cost of $2,500,000 and have an executed contract between the school administrative unit and the project designer dated prior to October 1, 2016.