Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 15 - FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS › Subchapter K - ROAD UTILITY DISTRICTS › Section 15.131 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Applicant--A
				  person who files a petition for creation of a RUD.
(2) Bonds--Bonds, notes, warrants, and other
				  evidence of indebtedness issued by a RUD.
(3) Commission--The Texas Transportation
				  Commission or if permitted by law, its designee.
(4) Construction plans--Detailed plans and
				  accompanying specifications and construction cost estimates that are prepared
				  for the purpose of awarding a construction contract.
(5) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(6) Engineering
				  report--A written report prepared by a licensed professional engineer
				  authorized to practice in Texas. The report shall describe the proposed
				  facility and the existing and proposed conditions pertinent to the planning,
				  design, construction, and maintenance of the proposed facility. To the extent
				  possible, an engineering report must be bound, must be typewritten on 8
				  1/2-inch by 11-inch paper, and must include drawings that may, if appropriate,
				  be foldouts.
(7) Executive
				  director--The chief executive officer of the department or a
				  designee.
(8) Facility--A gravel or
				  paved road that is intended to serve as an arterial or main feeder road and is
				  constructed, acquired, improved, or proposed by the RUD. A facility includes
				  any drainage work for the improvement of a river, creek, or stream to prevent
				  overflows. It also includes the construction and maintenance of pools, lakes,
				  reservoirs, dams, canals, and waterways for the purpose of drainage if in
				  furtherance of the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a
				  road.
(9) Governmental entity--The
				  public entity to which the facility is to be conveyed. A governmental entity
				  may be a municipality, a county, or the department.
(10) Person--An individual, firm,
				  corporation, company, partnership, or other legal entity.
(11) Plans--Drawings that show the location,
				  character, and dimensions of the prescribed work, including layouts, profiles,
				  cross sections, other miscellaneous details, and quantity summaries. Final
				  plans include field changes made during construction and therefore reflect the
				  final form of the facility.
(12)
				  Specifications--The compilation of provisions and requirements for the
				  performance of prescribed work.
(13) Typical section--Drawings that show
				  usual roadway or bridge cross-sectional features, including lane and shoulder
				  widths; limits of surfacing; pavement structure data, including subgrade
				  treatment type and depth, base course thickness and gradation, the plasticity
				  index and density requirements for embankment materials, and type of surfacing
				  material; travel lane and shoulder cross slopes; side slope rates for cut and
				  fill sections; ditch or storm sewer location and depth; typical right of way
				  limits; profile grade line location; typical traffic barrier location; median
				  width and slopes; and curb location and geometry.