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Martin H. Zelinsky
General Counsel
Department of Information Resources
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4700
SUBCHAPTER B. VIDEOCONFERENCES
HELD BY AGENCIES AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, EXCLUDING
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
1 TAC 209.11
The amendments are proposed pursuant to 2054.052(a), Texas
Government Code, which authorizes the department to adopt
rules as necessary to implement its responsibilities under Chap-
ter 2054, Texas Government Code, and 551.127(i), Texas Gov-
ernment Code, which directs the department to adopt rules spec-
ifying the minimum standards for audio and video signals at a
meeting held by videoconference call.
No other code, article or statute is affected by this proposal.
209.11. Other Guidelines [Recommendations].
State agencies conducting open or closed meetings by videocon-
ference call shall review and consider any applicable guidelines
[recommendations] promulgated by the department. Such guidelines
[recommendations] may be obtained directly from the department or
may be accessed via the Web at the department's website.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 7,
2013.
TRD-201305133
Martin H. Zelinsky
General Counsel
Department of Information Resources
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4700
SUBCHAPTER C. VIDEOCONFERENCES
HELD BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
1 TAC 209.31
The amendments are proposed pursuant to 2054.052(a), Texas
Government Code, which authorizes the department to adopt
rules as necessary to implement its responsibilities under Chap-
ter 2054, Texas Government Code, and 551.127(i), Texas Gov-
ernment Code, which directs the department to adopt rules spec-
ifying the minimum standards for audio and video signals at a
meeting held by videoconference call.
No other code, article or statute is affected by this proposal.
209.31. Other Guidelines [Reconnmendations].Institutions of higher education conducting open or closed meetings
by videoconference call shall review and consider any applicable
guidelines [recommendations] promulgated by the department. Such
guidelines [recommendations] may be obtained directly from the de-
partment or may be accessed via the Web at the department's website.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 7,
2013.
TRD-201305134
Martin H. Zelinsky
General Counsel
Department of Information Resources
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4700
CHAPTER 212. PURCHASES OF
COMMODITY ITEMS
The Texas Department of Information Resources (department)
proposes the amendment of 1 TAC Chapter 212, 212.10 and
addition of 212.30 - 212.33, concerning state agency pur-
chases of commodity items to ensure the rules more accurately
reflect legislative actions and the practices of the department.
The amendment and new sections are necessary, in part, as
the result of passage of House Bill 1994 (83R), effective as
of September 1, 2013, which amended 2157.068(f) and (g),
Texas Government Code, and added 2157.068(f-1) and (f-2),
Texas Government Code, concerning a certification process
administered by the department, to permit state agencies to
purchase a commodity item from a local government purchasing
cooperative if the commodity item is not available for purchase
under an existing contract developed by the department.
The department proposes to amend 212.10 to clarify the scope
of required purchases and to add the new certification process
as an exception to state agencies' requirement to purchase cer-
tain commodity items from the department. Specifically, the re-
vision to the first sentence clarifies that a state agency must pur-
chase from the department any commodity items that are listed
under the commodity codes under the department's responsibil-
ity, rather than only those commodity items that the department
has developed a contract for, unless the state agency satisfies
an exception listed in the rule. Second, the new language added
to the end of the provision adds the new certification process in
which a state agency can obtain a certification from the depart-
ment that the commodity item is not available for purchase under
an existing contract developed by the department in order to pur-
chase off a local government purchasing cooperative.
The department proposes to add new Subchapter D, 212.30,
to provide detail and instruction for a state agency's submission
of, and the department's issuance or denial of, a certification.
Specifically, 212.30(a) provides an overview of the process for
a state agency to submit a request for certification. Section
212.30(b) provides more detailed instruction regarding the for-
mat and information required for a valid request for certification.
Section 212.30(c) addresses the department's obligation to is-
sue a certification or denial and the information a certification
must include. Section 212.30(d) addresses the deadline for the38 TexReg 8330 November 22, 2013 Texas Register
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