{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 223.152","heading":"DETERMINATION BY DEPARTMENT.","body":"The department may use competitive sealed proposals to obtain services under this subchapter if the department determines that competitive sealed bidding or informal competitive bidding is:\n(1) not practical; or\n(2) disadvantageous to the state.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.15(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM","CHAPTER 223. BIDS AND CONTRACTS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTRACTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR CULTURAL ASSESSMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.223.htm#223.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"15b0e41ff7971de95c9e42ec5cf2d05eefdc60ea0c162c21dafb2f5a0e0dcb8f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}