Section 227.633

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS

Chapter 227

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   

  227.633.  Private partner to provide financial information — bond may be required. — 1.  The private partner shall, in connection with the financing, development, and/or operation of the project, provide the following:

  (1)  Security and warranties in the forms and amounts satisfactory to the commission;

  (2)  An annual financial statement audited by an independent certified public accountant approved by the commission and such other financial reports and information as required by the commission and in a form acceptable to the commission;

  (3)  A summary of any and all compensation from all sources for the project to the private partner;

  (4)  Evidence satisfactory to the commission of procurement and maintenance at the private partner's expense of commercial insurance for such purposes and in an amount required by the commission, including but not limited to:

  (a)  Commercial general liability insurance for all damages and losses imposed by law and assumed under the comprehensive agreement.  Commercial general liability insurance shall be in coverage and amount consistent with section 227.663 and shall name the state of Missouri for the benefit of the state legal expense fund, and the commission and the commission's members, agents, and employee's as additional insureds.  Each commercial general liability insurance policy and commercial automobile liability insurance policy shall also contain a separation of insureds conditions; and

  (b)  Workers' compensation insurance or evidence provided by the private partner that the private partner is qualified by the division of workers' compensation as self-insured and carries insurance for employer's liability sufficient to comply with all obligations under state law relating to workers' compensation and employer's liability.

  2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 107.170 and section 227.100 to the contrary, a bid bond shall not be required for the project; except that, the commission may require the private partner to provide such other bonds in such amounts determined by the commission to be adequate for the protection of the commission and provided by a surety or sureties satisfactory to the commission, including but not limited to:

  (1)  A performance bond;

  (2)  A payment bond for the protection of all persons supplying labor and material in carrying out the work provided for in the comprehensive agreement for the project.  The amount of the payment bond shall equal the total amount payable under the terms of the comprehensive agreement unless the commission determines in writing supported by specific findings that a payment bond in such amount is impractical, in which case the commission shall establish the amount of the payment bond; except that, the amount of the payment bond shall not be less than the amount of the performance bond.

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(L. 2006 H.B. 1380)