Section 2166.156 - 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2166.156
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.