Political Updates
Chapter Ten: Revenues, Expenditures, and Fiscal Policy

Purchasing, pg. 429

The 77th Legislature dissolved the General Services Commission and divided its responsibilities between two agencies:

• The newly created Texas Building and Procurement Commission, which supervises most state purchase
• The Department of Information Resources, which directs telecommunication services for all other state agencies

The seven-member Building and Procurement Commission includes 3 members appointed by the governor; two appointed by the lieutenant governor; and two nominated by the speaker of the house and approved by the governor.