(a) Before entering into a major consulting services contract, a state agency shall:
(1) notify the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the agency intends to contract with a consultant;
(2) give information to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office to demonstrate that the agency has complied or will comply with Sections 2254.026 and 2254.027; and
(3) obtain a finding of fact from the governor's Budget and Planning Office that the consulting services are necessary.
(b) A major consulting services contract that a state agency enters into without first obtaining the finding required by Subsection (a)(3) is void.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a major consulting services contract to be entered into by an institution of higher education other than a public junior college if the institution includes in the invitation published under Section 2254.029 a finding by the chief executive officer of the institution that the consulting services are necessary and an explanation of that finding.