Tex. Gov't Code § 2155.441 · Subchapter H. PURCHASING PREFERENCES
PREFERENCE FOR PRODUCTS OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The products of workshops, organizations, or corporations whose primary purpose is training and employing individuals having an intellectual disability or a physical disability shall be given preference if they meet state specifications regarding quantity, quality, delivery, life cycle costs, and price.
(b) The workshops, organizations, or corporations shall test the products to the extent necessary to ensure quality in accordance with Section 2155.069 and may enter into contracts with a private or public entity to assist with testing.
(c) The comptroller is not required to purchase products under this section that do not meet formal state specifications developed by the comptroller or meet commercial specifications approved by the comptroller.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 12, eff. Sept.1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.26, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.27, eff. September 1, 2023.
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