Tex. Gov't Code § 656.0505 · Subchapter C. TRAINING
VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION COURSE ON PROCUREMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.
(2) "Information resources technologies" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.
(b) In coordination with the comptroller, the department shall develop and implement a certification course on the procurement of information resources technologies and make the course available to a person who:
(1) holds a purchasing certification issued under Section 656.051;
(2) holds a contract management certification issued under Section 656.052; or
(3) holds both certifications described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).
(c) The department shall provide the course at least quarterly and must provide the course in person.
(d) The department shall certify a state agency employee who successfully completes the course.
(e) Successful completion of the course may be credited toward any continuing education requirements for maintaining a certification under Section 656.051 or 656.052, or both.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1074 (H.B. 1500), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.656.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 656.051TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF STATE AGENCY PURCHASING PERSONNEL AND VENDORS.Printed as Section 656.051 | Section 656.051 or 656.052
- Tex. Gov't Code § 656.052TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR CONTRACT MANAGERS.Printed as Section 656.051 or 656.052 | Section 656.052
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2054.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 2054.003
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