Sec. 2155.146. CERTAIN PURCHASES BY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS. (a) The Employees Retirement System of Texas is delegated all purchasing functions relating to the purchase of goods or services from funds other than general revenue funds for a purpose the retirement system determines relates to the fiduciary duties of the retirement system.
(b) The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall acquire goods or services by any procurement method approved by the board of trustees of the retirement system that provides the best value to the retirement system. The retirement system shall consider the best value standards enumerated in Section 2155.074, as added by Chapter 1206, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997.
(c) The comptroller shall procure goods or services for the Employees Retirement System of Texas at the request of the retirement system, and the retirement system may use the services of the comptroller in procuring goods or services.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1541, Sec. 55, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services
Chapter 2155 - Purchasing: General Rules and Procedures
Section 2155.131. Delegation of Authority to State Agencies
Section 2155.132. Purchases Less Than Specified Monetary Amount
Section 2155.136. Purchase of Certain Medical Equipment by Medical or Dental Unit
Section 2155.137. Emergency Purchases
Section 2155.138. Exemption of Goods or Services of Blind or Visually Impaired Persons
Section 2155.139. Exemption for Certain Libraries and Health Facilities
Section 2155.140. Purchase From Gift or Grant Not Within Comptroller's Purchasing Authority
Section 2155.141. Purchases for Auxiliary Enterprise Not Within Comptroller's Purchasing Authority
Section 2155.143. Purchase of Care and Treatment Services by Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Section 2155.144. Procurements by Health and Human Services Agencies
Section 2155.1441. Health Care Purchasing
Section 2155.1442. Foster Care Residential Contract Management
Section 2155.145. Certain Purchases by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Section 2155.146. Certain Purchases by Employees Retirement System of Texas
Section 2155.147. Certain Purchases by General Land Office
Section 2155.148. Certain Purchases for Texas Emergency Services Retirement System
Section 2155.149. Certain Purchases by Veterans' Land Board
Section 2155.150. Certain Purchases by Railroad Commission of Texas