- (a) The department may contract with a public senior college or university for the college or university to conduct research relating to transportation, including the economics, planning, design, construction, maintenance, or operation of transportation facilities.
- (b) An agreement entered into under this chapter is not subject to Chapter 771, Government Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 382, Sec. 2, eff. May 28, 1997.