Sec. 8888.167.  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.  (a)  The commission may grant conditional approval of a construction project or waive a requirement of any law or commission rule with respect to a construction project if the conditional approval or waiver does not compromise public health or safety.
(b)  If the commission grants conditional approval of or a waiver for a construction project, the authority shall make any subsequent changes required by the commission in the construction project necessary to protect the public health or safety.
(c)  The commission may not require that the authority enter into a contract with another person as a condition for approving an authority construction project.  The authority may meet the authority's obligations under commission rules that require certain issues to be addressed by contract by adopting rules that address the commission issues and that allocate responsibility as necessary between the authority and a person in the authority.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2019.