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Tex. Transp. Code § 370.307

CONFIDENTIALITY OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

Known as the Regional Mobility Authority Act

The act spans §§ 370–370 (114 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Attorney General of Texas and the Dallas Morning News, Ltd. (2010)

Most recently applied in Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Attorney General of Texas and the Dallas Morning News, Ltd. (December 2010)

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff

(a) To encourage private entities to submit proposals under Section 370.306, the following information is confidential, is not subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under Chapter 552, Government Code, and is not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release until a final contract for a proposed project is entered into:

(1) all or part of a proposal submitted by a private entity for a comprehensive development agreement, except information provided under Sections 370.306(b)(1) and (2);

(2) supplemental information or material submitted by a private entity in connection with a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement; and

(3) information created or collected by an authority or its agent during consideration of a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement.

(b) After an authority completes its final ranking of proposals under Section 370.306(h), the final rankings of each proposal under each of the published criteria are not confidential.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.