Texas § GV.2166.156 - PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY AND WORKING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
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§ GV.2166.156. PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY AND WORKING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY AND WORKING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. (a) The preliminary plans and outline specifications and the working plans and specifications for a project shall be prepared by: (1) a private design professional selected and retained by the commission in accordance with Subchapter E; or (2) unless the commission is required to retain a design professional under Subsection (b), the commission's professional staff. (b) The commission shall retain a private design professional for: (1) a new construction project estimated to cost more than $100,000; or (2) a new construction project for which the using agency requests a private design professional. (c) The commission shall ensure that plans and specifications: (1) are clear and complete; (2) permit execution of the project with appropriate economy and efficiency; and (3) conform with the requirements described by the previously prepared project analysis. (d) The commission must approve plans and specifications before the using agency may accept or use them. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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