Section 20209.6.

When it is in the best interest of the transit operator, the transit operator may enter into a design-build contract for both the design and construction of a project under this article. After evaluation of the traditional design, bid, and build process of transit construction and of the design-build process in a public meeting, the transit operator shall make written findings that use of the design-build process on the specific project under consideration will accomplish one of the following objectives: reduce project costs, expedite the project's completion, provide design features not achievable through the design-bid-build method, prior to entering into a design-build contract. In the design-build project proposal, the written findings shall be included as part of any application for state funds pursuant to this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 541, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 20209.14.)