As a steward of public resources, the department must ensure the protection of public funds and maintain a high level of transparency and accountability. Therefore, the department expects entities doing business with the department to adhere to ethical standards of conduct. This chapter prescribes required ethical standards for entities doing business with the department, and most enforcement provisions applicable for violations of the ethical standards.

Source Note: The provisions of this §10.1 adopted to be effective January 6, 2011, 35 TexReg 11951; amended to be effective September 19, 2018, 43 TexReg 6000