SECTION 115.2. Prerequisites for Leasing Space

(a) When a board, commission or agency requests to lease property that is not owned by the state, the Commission shall verify that state-owned space is not available.

(b) All requests for lease space must be submitted by the office of the Executive Director or designated the agency representative head of the requesting agency party.

(c) The Chief Administrative Officer of the requesting agency must certify the availability of funds for the requested lease space, the number of full time employees to be located at the requested space and the agency's projected schedule.

(d) The requesting agency shall not submit any specifications that would:

(1) unnecessarily limit meaningful competition for the requested space;

(2) unnecessarily increase the cost of the lease;

(3) exceed the authorized space limitations established by the Commission; or

(4) require more than is reasonably necessary to carry out the business mandated to the requesting agency.

Source Note: The provisions of this §115.2 adopted to be effective March 14, 2004, 29 TexReg 2294; amended to be effective August 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 6131