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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 482.108. Procurement of Certain Space-related Vehicles and Equipment

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<This chapter expires Sept. 1, 2033, pursuant to V.T.C.A. Government Code § 482.103.>

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2155.083 or any other law and subject to Subsection (b), the board may authorize the commission to procure, lease, or otherwise secure access to capacity on or through a spacefaring vehicle, platform, or infrastructure, including a rocket, shuttle, spaceplane, satellite, space station, lunar or planetary base, and other orbital, suborbital, or extraterrestrial transport or habitation system, regardless of whether the vehicle, platform, or infrastructure is owned or operated by a governmental, commercial, or private entity.

(b) Before the commission takes a proposed action under Subsection (a), the board must:

(1) determine the proposed action:

(A) promotes or serves a legitimate and clearly defined public purpose;

(B) provides demonstrable value, taking into consideration:

(i) the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the proposed action;

(ii) alternative approaches to attaining the same or a similar public purpose as the proposed action;  and

(iii) potential benefits of the proposed action;  and

(C) is subject to appropriate controls and contractual requirements sufficient to protect the interests of the state;

(2) discuss the determinations the board must find under Subdivision (1) in an open meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551;  and

(3) by a majority vote of the voting board members present and voting, authorize the action in an open meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551.

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