Duty of Department

Tex. Transportation Code § 224.031, under Chapter 224.

Tex. Transportation Code § 224.031

Sec. 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. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.