Sec. 660.147.  TRAINING SEMINARS.  (a)  To reduce travel expenditures, each state agency shall use interactive television, video conference technology, and telephone conferences to the greatest extent possible.
(b)  A state agency may not pay or reimburse a state employee for a travel expense associated with a training seminar conducted by the agency for its employees unless the chief administrator of the agency or the administrator's designee certifies in the supporting documentation that the agency:
(1)  does not possess interactive television or video conference facilities at the designated headquarters of the employees attending the seminar;
(2)  cannot purchase or lease such facilities at a cost less than the total travel expenses associated with the seminar; and
(3)  does not have access to another agency's facilities at the same location.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1367 (S.B. 745), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.