{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 495.025","heading":"CERTAIN COMMISSARY CONTRACTS; TASTE TESTS.","body":"(a) For the purchase of commissary food goods, the department may conduct a taste test as consideration for a bid award only if, to conduct the test, the department contracts with a private marketing vendor, a university, or another independent organization that is experienced in food product evaluation and taste tests.\n(b) In awarding a bid for commissary food goods for which a taste test is conducted, the department may use the taste test results as not more than 30 percent of the criteria used for the bid award.\n(c) A contract into which the department enters under Subsection (a) must require the vendor, university, or other organization, at the expense of the vendor, university, or organization, to annually re-conduct the taste test to ensure that the product meets the original specifications of the request for proposal that resulted in the department entering a contract for the tested product.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 20, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 495. CONTRACTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.495.htm#495.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"90587a3220724fe1e5a9db0631c904ff0f2b40e2055373e57c7a5a0342fc98fe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.026"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}