This chapter does not require a state agency to purchase a good or service under contract if the agency is authorized under other law to purchase the good or service on the open market.
Tex. Gov't Code § 2261.003
OPEN MARKET PURCHASES
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1498, Sec. 5, 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.