Sec. 223.103.  CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY.  (a)  Before awarding a contract under this subchapter, the director or a person the director designates must certify in writing a description of the highway emergency.
(b)  A person designated under Subsection (a) may not occupy a position below the level of deputy director.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.