(a) Transportation Code, Chapter 223, Subchapter D, provides that the department may follow a procedure using competitive sealed proposals to procure the services of technical experts including archeologists, biologists, geologists, historians, or other technical experts to conduct environmental and cultural assessments for transportation projects within the authority or jurisdiction of the department. This subchapter, which implements Chapter 223, Subchapter D of the Transportation Code, establishes standard procedures for selection of technical experts to provide scientific services including environmental and cultural studies, analyses, and document preparation.
(b) This subchapter also establishes standard procedures for selection of appraisers, right of way acquisition providers, and landscape architects in accordance with Government Code, Chapter 2254, Subchapter A, the Professional Services Procurement Act.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.80 adopted to be effective March 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 1829; amended to be effective February 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 1146; amended to be effective January 4, 2001, 25 TexReg 13009