Texas Local Government Code 351.04155 – Commissary Operation by Sheriff in Certain Counties
(a) This section applies only to a county that:
(1) has a population of 2.1 million or more;
(2) has two municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more; and
(3) is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.1 million or more.
(b) The county is subject to § 351.0415, except:
(1) § 351.0415(b)(1) does not apply to the sheriff of the county;
(2) new bids to renew contracts under § 351.0415(b)(3) are subject to the approval of the commissioners court of the county;
(3) the sheriff may not make a disbursement from the commissary proceeds unless the sheriff receives approval for the disbursement from the commissioners court of the county; and
(4) the sheriff shall provide to the commissioners court of the county each contract the sheriff makes under this section relating to the commissary and shall provide the contract within 10 days after the date the contract is made.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 351.04155
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A purchase made by the sheriff using commissary proceeds is subject to the competitive purchasing procedures contained in Subchapter C, Chapter 262. For the purpose of complying with that subchapter, a reference in that subchapter to “commissioners court” means the sheriff and a reference to “the county official who makes purchases for the county” means the sheriff or the sheriff’s designee.