Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 224.031 - Duty of Department(a) The department has exclusive and direct control of all improvement of the state highway system.(b) The department shall prepare and pay for surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all construction and improvement of the state highway system.Tex. Transp. Code § 224.031
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.