Transportation Code, §201.103, requires the commission to plan and make policies for the maintenance of a comprehensive system of state highways and public roads. Transportation Code, §223.042 requires the department to contract a minimum percentage of maintenance project contracts to the private sector. This subchapter identifies the process by which the department determines the cost effectiveness of this contracting and the activities to contract to the private sector.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.70 adopted to be effective December 16, 1996, 21 TexReg 11828.