Tex. Government Code § 2167.002: PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE.

(a) The commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with this chapter and the agency's specifications if:

(1) state-owned space is not otherwise available to the agency; and

(2) the agency has verified it has money available to pay for the lease.

(b) In making a determination under this section that state-owned space is not available to a state agency, the commission must consider all reasonably available state-owned space in this state, regardless of whether utilizing state-owned space would require the agency to move all or part of the agency's operations to a different geographic location in this state.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 224 (H.B. 265), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.