Tex. Gov't Code § 771.003 · Chapter 771. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ACT
AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT; EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An agency may agree or contract with another agency for the provision of necessary and authorized services and resources.
(b) An agency may not construct a highway, road, building, or other structure for another agency under this chapter, except that the Texas Department of Transportation may enter into an interagency agreement with a state college, university, or public junior college for the maintenance, improvement, relocation, or extension of existing on-campus streets, parking lots, and access-ways.
(c) An agency may not provide services or resources to another agency that are required by Article XVI, Section 21, of the Texas Constitution to be provided under a contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.11(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(40), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 564 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.771.htm
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