Texas Statutes
Subchapter K. Design-Build Contracts
Section 370.401. Scope of and Limitations on Contracts

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

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