Sec. 2167.002.  PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE.  (a)  The commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with this chapter and the agency's specifications if:
(1)  state-owned space is not otherwise available to the agency; and
(2)  the agency has verified it has money available to pay for the lease.
(b)  In making a determination under this section that state-owned space is not available to a state agency, the commission must consider all reasonably available state-owned space in this state, regardless of whether utilizing state-owned space would require the agency to move all or part of the agency's operations to a different geographic location in this state.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 224 (H.B. 265), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.