Tex. Gov't Code Section 656.055
Purchasing and Contract Management Training by Agency

(a)

A state agency, in consultation with the comptroller, may develop agency-specific purchasing and contract management training programs to be administered by the agency to the agency’s employees instead of or as a supplement to training programs developed by the comptroller under this subchapter.

(b)

An employee who participates in an agency-specific training program under this section remains subject to any other applicable certification requirements established for training programs under this subchapter, including written or oral examinations administered by the comptroller.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 526 (S.B. 255), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 656.055 — Purchasing and Contract Management Training by Agency, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.656.htm#656.055 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

656.001
State Agency Employment Opening 656.002
Online State Agency Employment Applications 656.003
Military Occupational Specialty Codes on Notices of Employment Openings 656.021
Definitions 656.022
Submission of Job Information Forms 656.023
Job Information Forms 656.024
Public Notice of Job Vacancies 656.025
Other Efforts to Inform Sources of Vacancies 656.026
Job Notice Posting Waiver 656.027
Military Employment Preference on State Employment Forms 656.041
Short Title 656.042
Findings and Purpose 656.043
Definition 656.044
Public Funds for Training and Education 656.045
Required Attendance at Program 656.046
Purposes of Program 656.047
Payment of Program and Certification Examination Expenses 656.048
Rules Relating to Training and Education 656.049
Authority to Contract 656.050
Training in Contract Negotiation for Purchases of Information Resources Technologies 656.051
Training and Certification of State Agency Purchasing Personnel and Vendors 656.052
Training and Certification for Contract Managers 656.053
Training for Governing Bodies 656.054
Purchasing and Contract Management Training by Comptroller 656.055
Purchasing and Contract Management Training by Agency 656.101
Definitions 656.102
Agency Policy 656.103
Restrictions 656.104
Liability

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 656.055’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 656.055 — Purchasing and Contract Management Training by Agency, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.656.htm#656.055 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).