Sec. 441.156. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may enter into contracts or agreements that it considers necessary or advisable to foster and assist in the development of local government records management programs and the preservation of local government records of permanent value and to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter and Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code.
(b) No contract or agreement made by the commission may bind the state for the payment of any funds that have not been authorized by an appropriation of the legislature or that are not available in accounts established under Section 441.154(e).
(c) The commission may sell advertising in publications developed pursuant to its duties under this subchapter and Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and the commission may spend proceeds from the sale only to carry out those duties. The revenue from the sale shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund and reappropriated to the commission.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - History, Culture, and Education
Chapter 441 - Libraries and Archives
Subchapter J. Preservation and Management of Local Government Records
Section 441.152. Duties and Responsibilities of the Director and Librarian
Section 441.153. Regional Historical Resource Depositories
Section 441.154. Regional Research Centers
Section 441.155. Placement and Removal of Resources
Section 441.156. Contracting Authority
Section 441.157. Grant-in-Aid Program
Section 441.158. Local Government Records Retention Schedules
Section 441.159. Prior Retention Periods in County Records Manual
Section 441.160. Revisions to Records Retention Schedules
Section 441.166. State Agency Rules
Section 441.167. Assistance and Information
Section 441.168. Microfilming and Storing Local Government Records