{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2167.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2167.002","heading":"PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE.","body":"(a) The commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with this chapter and the agency's specifications if:\n(1) state-owned space is not otherwise available to the agency; and\n(2) the agency has verified it has money available to pay for the lease.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 224 (H.B. 265), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 2167. LEASE OF SPACE FOR STATE AGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2167.htm#2167.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6aa43ab292d05f24f82a11082306cb75a70cad38d76c06c6dffbf920b206a023","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2167.0011","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2167.0021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}