34 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.406 - Purpose and Applicability
(a)
Purpose. This subchapter governs the use of contract travel services and state
travel credit cards by state officials and employees and other eligible
persons. Contract travel services may include state credit cards, travel
agencies, airlines, vehicles, internet-based reservation and ticketing, lodging
and other modes and necessities of state business related travel. The purpose
of this subchapter is to encourage travelers to obtain the lowest overall cost
of travel services. These rules do not alter, amend or affect the requirements
in Government Code, Chapter 660 relating to travel or the comptroller's
statutes and rules.
(b)
Applicability. This subsection defines the persons and entities eligible to use
contract travel services.
(1) State agencies.
State agency officials and employees, in the executive branch, shall use the
contract travel services as required by this subchapter whenever those services
provide the most efficient travel resulting in the total lowest cost. State
agencies may and are encouraged to purchase travel services at rates lower than
the contract travel services rates.
(2) Other governmental entities. Officers and
employees of the following entities may, but are not required to, participate
in the travel services pursuant to this subchapter. These entities may use
contract travel services upon approval by the comptroller of their application
for the use of contract travel services:
(A)
an institution of higher education as defined in Education Code, §
61.003 when the entity
uses travel agency services or when the services are purchased from funds other
than general revenue or education or general funds as defined by Education
Code, §
51.009;
(B) Employees Retirement System when the
travel is paid from other than general revenue funds;
(C) counties;
(D) municipalities;
(E) public junior colleges;
(F) school districts;
(G) emergency communication
districts;
(H) qualified
cooperative entity as the term is defined under Government Code, §
2171.055;
and
(I) the supreme court, the
court of criminal appeals, the courts of appeals, and other entities in the
judicial branch.
(c) Official government business. Contract
travel services shall be used only for official governmental business, unless
the travel services contractor offers the same services for personal use. No
contractor is required to allow the use of contract travel services for other
than official governmental business.
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