{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.2292","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 5.2292","heading":"CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES UNDER PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK STATE-LEAD PROGRAM.","body":"(a) The executive director may directly award a contract for scientific and technical environmental services to a person if:\n(1) the contract is for the performance of services related to the remediation of a site that has been placed in the state-lead program under Section 26.3573(r-1);\n(2) the person has registered to perform corrective action under Section 26.364;\n(3) the person is eligible to receive a contract award from the state;\n(4) the person was performing related work at the site on or before July 1, 2011; and\n(5) the contract includes all contract provisions required for state contracts.\n(b) Notwithstanding Section 2254.004, Government Code, the executive director may directly award a contract for engineering services to a person if:\n(1) the contract is for the performance of services related to the remediation of a site that has been placed in the state-lead program under Section 26.3573(r-1);\n(2) the person is licensed under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code;\n(3) the person has registered to perform corrective action under Section 26.364;\n(4) the person is eligible to receive a contract award from the state;\n(5) the person was performing related work at the site on or before July 1, 2011; and\n(6) the contract includes all contract provisions required for state contracts.\n(c) Nothing in Subsection (a) or (b) requires the executive director to make an award at a site or prevents the executive director from negotiating additional contract terms, including qualifications.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 2694), Sec. 1.06, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 5. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBCHAPTER F. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.5.htm#5.2292","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"bb9bb96d2c04b98779434d9947ca08506b56cbca2762ed68f857cd1dec1524f4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.2291","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}