Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 61-220.1: Design-build as project delivery method for public water

supply, wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection

systems.

A. For purposes of this section, "design-build" means a project

delivery method in which one entity works under a single contract

with the project owner to provide design and construction services.

B. A conservancy district formed pursuant to Section 541 of

Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a municipality, a county, a

public trust, and any other political subdivision in this state that

operates a public water supply system or wastewater treatment or

collection system is authorized to utilize design-build as a project

delivery method for public water supply and wastewater treatment

facilities and wastewater collection systems.

C. No later than November 1, 2022, the Department of

Environmental Quality shall incorporate into its administrative

rules a flexible permitting process to allow the utilization by the

entities identified in subsection B of this section of the design-

build project delivery method for public water supply and wastewater

treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems.

D. In the interim between the effective date of this act and

promulgation of rules, the Department may authorize no more than

five pilot projects in which the entities identified in subsection B

of this section may utilize the design-build project delivery method

for public water supply and wastewater treatment facilities and

wastewater collection systems, and the Department may use the

results to promulgate rules.