Texas Human Resources Code Title 8, Chapter 122 - Purchasing From People With Disabilities
- Texas Section 122.001 - Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to further the state's policy of encouraging and assisting persons with disabilities to achieve maximum personal independence by engaging...
- Texas Section 122.0012 - Sunset Provision
(a) The comptroller's authority to perform any act under this chapter that relates to state purchasing is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset...
- Texas Section 122.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Central nonprofit agency" means an agency designated as a central nonprofit agency under contract under Section 122.019. (2) Repealed by Acts...
- Texas Section 122.0057 - Advisory Committee
(a) The workforce commission shall establish an advisory committee to assist the workforce commission in establishing: (1) performance goals for the program administered under this...
- Texas Section 122.0058 - Application Of Open Meetings Law, Open Records Law, And Administrative Procedure Law To Advisory Committee
The advisory committee established under Section 122.0057 is subject to the requirements of the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, the open records law,...
- Texas Section 122.007 - Fair Market Price; Purchasing Procedures
(a) The workforce commission shall determine the fair market price of all products and services manufactured or provided by persons with disabilities and offered for...
- Texas Section 122.008 - Procurement At Determined Price
A suitable product or service that meets applicable specifications established by the state or its political subdivisions and that is available within the time specified...
- Texas Section 122.009 - Records
The records of the workforce commission and of a central nonprofit agency shall, to the extent that the records pertain specifically to state purchases of...
- Texas Section 122.0095 - Agency Compliance; Nonprogram Purchasing Report
(a) Each state agency that purchases products or services through a program under this chapter shall: (1) designate an agency employee to ensure that the...
- Texas Section 122.010 - Cooperation With Department Of Criminal Justice
The workforce commission may cooperate with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and to contribute to the economy...
- Texas Section 122.011 - Correlation With Related Federal Programs
The workforce commission may adopt procedures, practices, and standards used for federal programs similar to the state program established in this chapter. Amended by Acts...
- Texas Section 122.012 - Duties Of Comptroller; Interagency Cooperation
(a) The comptroller shall cooperate with, and provide any necessary support to, the workforce commission in accordance with legislative appropriation. (b) State agencies responsible for...
- Texas Section 122.013 - Rules
(a) The workforce commission shall adopt rules for the implementation, extension, administration, or improvement of the program authorized by this chapter in accordance with Chapter...
- Texas Section 122.014 - Product Specifications
Except as otherwise provided by this section, a product manufactured for sale through the comptroller to any office, department, institution, or agency of the state...
- Texas Section 122.015 - Determinations Of Fair Market Value
(a) In determining the fair market value of products or services offered for sale under this chapter, the workforce commission shall give due consideration to...
- Texas Section 122.016 - Exceptions
(a) Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of Section 122.014 may be made in any case where: (1) under the rules of the...
- Texas Section 122.017 - Procurement For Political Subdivisions
A product manufactured for sale to a political subdivision of this state or an office or department thereof shall be manufactured or produced according to...
- Texas Section 122.018 - Political Subdivisions Excluded
There are excluded from the mandatory application of this chapter the political subdivisions of the state that are not covered by Title V of the...
- Texas Section 122.019 - Central Nonprofit Agency
(a) The workforce commission may select and contract with one or more central nonprofit agencies through a request for proposals for a period not to...
- Texas Section 122.020 - Consumer Information; Complaints
(a) The workforce commission shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the activities of the workforce commission under this chapter and describing the workforce commission's...
- Texas Section 122.0205 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
(a) A dispute between the workforce commission and a central nonprofit agency or a community rehabilitation program shall first be submitted to alternative dispute resolution....
- Texas Section 122.0215 - Access To Information And Records; Inspection
(a) The workforce commission may access financial or other information and records from a central nonprofit agency or a community rehabilitation program if the workforce...
- Texas Section 122.022 - Reports
(a) On or before November 1 of each year, the workforce commission shall prepare an annual financial report in the form prescribed by Section 2101.011,...
- Texas Section 122.023 - Funds
All money paid to the workforce commission under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404, Government Code. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 122.024 - Strategic Plan; Final Operating Plan
The workforce commission shall prepare a strategic plan and a final operating plan relating to the workforce commission's activities under this chapter as required by...
- Texas Section 122.026 - Application Of Other Law
Chapters 252, 262, and 271, Local Government Code, do not supersede this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 10, eff. Aug....
- Texas Section 122.028 - Program Promotion
The workforce commission shall establish procedures for the promotion of the program administered under this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 132, Sec....
- Texas Section 122.029 - Duties Of State Auditor
(a) As part of an audit of a state agency authorized under Section 2161.123, Government Code, the state auditor shall: (1) conduct an audit of...
- Texas Section 122.030 - Management Fee Rate; Review Process
(a) The workforce commission shall develop a formal review process for the annual review conducted under Section 122.019(e). The review process must include: (1) notice...
Last modified: September 28, 2016