{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.147","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 660.147","heading":"TRAINING SEMINARS.","body":"(a) To reduce travel expenditures, each state agency shall use interactive television, video conference technology, and telephone conferences to the greatest extent possible.\n(b) A state agency may not pay or reimburse a state employee for a travel expense associated with a training seminar conducted by the agency for its employees unless the chief administrator of the agency or the administrator's designee certifies in the supporting documentation that the agency:\n(1) does not possess interactive television or video conference facilities at the designated headquarters of the employees attending the seminar;\n(2) cannot purchase or lease such facilities at a cost less than the total travel expenses associated with the seminar; and\n(3) does not have access to another agency's facilities at the same location.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1367 (S.B. 745), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 660. TRAVEL EXPENSES","SUBCHAPTER G. SPECIAL TRAVEL EXPENSE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.660.htm#660.147","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1d834d18256c6cd30a10c3cfd3e28d58d6fa6deda9b373e03efd306d043ab4ef","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.146","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}