Section 370.401 - Scope of and Limitations on Contracts(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.Tex. Transp. Code § 370.401
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2011.