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STATE OF TEXAS <br />• <br />CHAIRMAN <br />ROSS D. MARGRAVES, JR. <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />State Purchasing and General Services Commission KENNETH R. EPLEY <br />1711 San Jacinto BOB DAVIS <br />P.O. Box 13047 Capitol Station <br />Austin, Texas 78711-3047 LIAS B. "BUBBA" STEEN <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />January 11, 1989 <br />Political Subdivisions <br />RE: Cooperative Purchasing Program <br />State of Texas Contracts <br />Dear Political Subdivision: <br />Sections 271-081-271.083 Local Government Code, V.T.C.A. provides the <br />legal authority for local governments to participate in the State of Texas <br />Purchasing Program. These Sections define local government to mean a <br />county, municipality, special district, school district, junior college <br />district, rural fire prevention district, volunteer fire department, <br />community mental health and retardation center, or other legally <br />constituted political subdivision of the state. <br />State Purchasing and General Services Commission is the central purchasing <br />agency for state government. Participation in the state program is <br />processed by and through this agency. A local government may participate <br />in the purchasing program of the Commission by filing with the Commission <br />a resolution adopted each year by its governing body. The resolution <br />(sample format attached) should state that the local government: <br />I. Will designate an official to act in all matters <br />relating to the program including the selection of <br />specific contracts in which they desire to <br />participate, and that the governing body will direct <br />the decisions of the designated official; <br />2. Will be responsible for payment directly to the <br />vendor under each contract; and, <br />3. Will be responsible for the vendor's compliance with <br />all conditions of delivery and quality of the <br />purchased item. <br />