A corporation may plan, design, acquire, construct, improve, extend, or maintain a transportation project only if the project:
(1) is intended by the commission to become part of the federal or state highway system; and
(2) is not intended to:
(A) become a county road or municipal street; or
(B) be owned by a county road district or by a road utility district.
Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.