On a comptroller determination that a purchase of goods or services may be made most effectively in the open market, the comptroller may use the open market purchase procedure and the purchase may be made without newspaper advertising.
Tex. Gov't Code § 2156.061
USE OF OPEN MARKET PURCHASE PROCEDURE
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.