Texas Transportation Code

§ 370.401 — SCOPE OF AND LIMITATIONS ON CONTRACTS

TN § 370.401Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS · Ch. 370. REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES · Art. K. DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS

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(a)Notwithstanding the requirements of Chapter 2254, Government Code, an authority may use the design-build method for the design, construction, financing, expansion, extension, related capital maintenance, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a transportation project.

(b)A design-build contract under this subchapter may not grant to a private entity:

(1)a leasehold interest in the transportation project; or

(2)the right to operate or retain revenue from the operation of the transportation project.

(c)In using the design-build method and in entering into a contract for the services of a design-build contractor, the authority and the design-build contractor shall follow the procedures and requirements of this subchapter.

(d)An authority may enter into not more than two design-build contracts for transportation projects in any fiscal year.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2011.