Texas § 2254.028 NOTICE OF INTENT: MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT.

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§ 2254.028 — NOTICE OF INTENT: MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT.

Texas § 2254.028

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 2254.028 (2026).

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Sec. 2254.028. NOTICE OF INTENT: MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT.

(a)Before entering into a major consulting services contract, a state agency shall:

(1)notify the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the agency intends to contract with a consultant;

(2)give information to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office to demonstrate that the agency has complied or will comply with Sections 2254.026 and 2254.027 ; and

(3)obtain a finding of fact from the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the consulting services are necessary.

(b)A major consulting services contract that a state agency enters into without first obtaining the finding required by Subsection (a)(3) is void.

(c)Subsection (a) does not apply to

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Sec. 2254.028. NOTICE OF INTENT: MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT. (a) Before entering into a major consulting services contract, a state agency shall:
(1) notify the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the agency intends to contract with a consultant;
(2) give information to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office to demonstrate that the agency has complied or will comply with Sections 2254.026 and 2254.027 ; and
(3) obtain a finding of fact from the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the consulting services are necessary.
(b) A major consulting services contract that a state agency enters into without first obtaining the finding required by Subsection (a)(3) is void.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a major consulting services contract to be entered into by an institution of higher education other than a public junior college if the institution includes in the invitation published under Section 2254.029 a finding by the chief executive officer of the institution that the consulting services are necessary and an explanation of that finding.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 1.03, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5 ), Sec. 6.10, eff. June 17, 2011.