A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 48-01.2-20, subdivision f of subsection 5 of section 48-01.2-20, subsection 6 of section 48-01.2-20, section 48-01.2-22, and subsection 5 of section 54-44.7-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the selection process for construction management at-risk planning and design phase services and the procurement of architect, engineer, construction management, and land surveying services.

Changed the bill's section number from 25.0375.04000 to 25.0375.05000 and reorganized the order of amendments to align with the new numbering.

Updated language in Section 2 to clarify that fees and expenses must be identified for the entire project on bid forms.

Reordered the scoring criteria section to clarify that numeric scoring must be done without modifying qualification criteria.

Added exemptions in Section 5 that exclude certain projects from evaluation criteria, including those on state capitol grounds using only state funds and projects involving federal funds where federal rules prohibit the criteria.