The comptroller's authority does not apply to a purchase of goods or services from a gift or grant, including an industrial or federal grant or contract in support of research.
Tex. Gov't Code § 2155.140
PURCHASE FROM GIFT OR GRANT NOT WITHIN COMPTROLLER'S PURCHASING AUTHORITY
Known as the State Purchasing and General Services Act
The act spans §§ 2151.001 to 2177.010 (567 sections).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.