Sec. 370.307. CONFIDENTIALITY OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. (a) To encourage private entities to submit proposals under Section 370.306, the following information is confidential, is not subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under Chapter 552, Government Code, and is not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release until a final contract for a proposed project is entered into:
(1) all or part of a proposal submitted by a private entity for a comprehensive development agreement, except information provided under Sections 370.306(b)(1) and (2);
(2) supplemental information or material submitted by a private entity in connection with a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement; and
(3) information created or collected by an authority or its agent during consideration of a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement.
(b) After an authority completes its final ranking of proposals under Section 370.306(h), the final rankings of each proposal under each of the published criteria are not confidential.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 21, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle G - Turnpikes and Toll Projects
Chapter 370 - Regional Mobility Authorities
Subchapter G. Participation in Financing, Construction, and Operation of Transportation Projects
Section 370.301. Department Contributions to Turnpike Projects
Section 370.302. Agreements to Construct, Maintain, and Operate Transportation Projects
Section 370.303. Agreements Between Authority and Governmental Entities
Section 370.304. Additional Agreements of Authority
Section 370.305. Comprehensive Development Agreements
Section 370.306. Process for Entering Into Comprehensive Development Agreements
Section 370.307. Confidentiality of Negotiations for Comprehensive Development Agreements
Section 370.308. Performance and Payment Security
Section 370.309. Ownership of Transportation Projects
Section 370.310. Liability for Private Obligations
Section 370.311. Terms of Private Participation
Section 370.312. Rules, Procedures, and Guidelines Governing Negotiating Process
Section 370.313. Participation on Certain Other Boards, Commissions, or Public Bodies