Tex. Gov't Code § 2155.062 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND PROGRAMS
PURCHASE METHODS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In purchasing goods and services the comptroller may use, but is not limited to, the:
(1) contract purchase procedure;
(2) multiple award contract procedure, including under any schedules developed under Subchapter I;
(3) open market purchase procedure; or
(4) reverse auction procedure.
(b) Chapter 2156 provides additional information on purchase methods.
(c) Chapter 2157 provides additional information on purchase of automated information systems.
(d) In this subchapter, "reverse auction procedure" means:
(1) a real-time bidding process usually lasting less than one hour and taking place at a previously scheduled time and Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services; or
(2) a bidding process usually lasting less than two weeks and taking place during a previously scheduled period and at a previously scheduled Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 7.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1013 (H.B. 908), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.
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Education Code
Government Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 252.021COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES.Printed as Section 2155.062(d), Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 262.023COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES.Printed as Section 2155.062(d), Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.083LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION.Printed as Section 2155.062(d), Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.906REVERSE AUCTION METHOD OF PURCHASING.Printed as Section 2155.062(d), Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 501.074PURCHASING.Printed as Section 2155.062(d), Government Code
Special District Local Laws Code
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 452.106PROCUREMENT RULES.Printed as Section 2155.062, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 463.1055PROCUREMENT RULES.Printed as Section 2155.062, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 520.0075CONTRACTING STANDARDS FOR TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.Printed as Sections 2155.062 and 2155.063, Government Code
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