2005 Texas Government Code CHAPTER 2151. GENERAL PROVISIONS

GOVERNMENT CODE

SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES

CHAPTER 2151. GENERAL PROVISIONS


	§ 2151.001. SHORT TITLE.  This subtitle may be cited as 
the State Purchasing and General Services Act.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.            


	§ 2151.002. DEFINITIONS.  Except as otherwise provided by 
this subtitle:  
		(1)  "Commission" means the Texas Building and 
Procurement Commission.      
		(2)  "State agency" means:                                                    
			(A)  a department, commission, board, office, or 
other agency in the executive branch of state government created by 
the state constitution or a state statute;
			(B)  the supreme court, the court of criminal 
appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council;  or
			(C)  a university system or an institution of 
higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, 
except a public junior college.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 30.199, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, § 60, eff. June 19, 1997;  
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, § 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 2151.003. REFERENCE.  A statutory reference to the 
General Services Commission, the State Board of Control, or the 
State Purchasing and General Services Commission means the Texas 
Building and Procurement Commission.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, § 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.


	§ 2151.004. TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES TO DEPARTMENT OF 
INFORMATION RESOURCES.  (a) The powers and duties of the General 
Services Commission under Chapter 2170 or other law relating to 
providing telecommunications services for state government are 
transferred to the Department of Information Resources.
	(b)  A reference in law to the General Services Commission 
that relates to the powers and duties of the General Services 
Commission under Chapter 2170 or other law relating to providing 
telecommunications services for state government is a reference to 
the Department of Information Resources.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, § 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.     


	§ 2151.005. EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO LEGAL SERVICES.  This 
subtitle does not apply to:
		(1)  obtaining outside legal counsel services;                                
		(2)  obtaining expert witnesses;  or                                          
		(3)  procuring litigation-related goods and services 
for which competitive procurement is not feasible under the 
circumstances.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 309, § 7.04, eff. June 18, 
2003.