Honorable Jim Bates, Chairman 

Legislative Property Tax Committee 

105 West Riverside Drive 

Austin, Texas 78704 

opinion No. t+ 1067 

Re: Whether the provisions of 

Article 664-3, Vernon's 

Civil Statutes (State Purchasing Act), apply to the 

Legislative Property Tax 

Committee created by Article 

Dear Senator Bates: 7100, Vernon's Civil Statutes. 

Your request for an opinion on the above subject matter 

asks whether the Legislative Property Tax Committee is required to 

purchase supplies, materials and equipment through the State-Board 

of Control or whether the Legislative Property Tax Committee may 

make such purchases itself. 

Senate Bill 414, Acts 62nd Legislature, R.S. 1971, Ch. 221, 

page 1063, amends Article 7100, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 

1925. Section 1 of Article 7100, as amended, creates the Legislative 

Property Tax Committee. Subdivision (f) of Section 3 of Article 7100, 

as amended, provides: 

II . . . 

"(f) The Committee shall have power and 

authority to expend its funds, hereinafter provided, to employ and compensate all necessary 

consultants, investigators and other personnel, 

to contract for materials and services as required and to pay travel, telephone and other 

official expenses approved by the Committee." 

Section 5 of Article 664-3, Vernon's Civil Statutes, as 

amended by Senate Bill 373, Acts 62nd Legislature, R.S. 1971, Ch. 

57, page 109, provides in part: 

"Sec. 5. The Board shall purchase all supplies, 

materials, servrces and equipment used by each 

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department of the State government, including 

the State Prison System, and each eleemosynary 

institution, Teachers College, Agricultural and 

Mechanical College, University of Texas, and each 

and all other State schools or departments of the 

State government heretofore or hereafter created, 

such supplies to include furniture and fixtures, 

technical instruments and books, and all other 

things required by the different departments or 

institutions, including perishable goods. . . ." 

(Emphasis added). 

Subdivision (c) of Section 3 of Article 6~64-3, Vernon's 

Civil Statutes, defines "Department of State Government" as follows: 

"(c) The term 'Department of State Government' includes only departments and agencies of 

the type heretofore required to make purchases 

through the Board of Control. River authorities, 

conservation and reclamation districts, and other 

political subdivisions created by the Legislature 

are not required to purchase through the Board 

of Control unless some other statute specifically 

requires it." 

We find no provision in Senate Bill 414, Acts 62nd Legislature, R.S. 1971, which exempts the Legislative Property Tax Committee 

from the provisions of Article 664-3, Vernon's Civil Statutes. YOU 

are accordingly advised that purchases of supplies, materials and 

equipment by the Legislative Property Tax Committee are to be made 

through the State Board of Control pursuant to the provisions of 

Article 664-3, Vernon's Civil Statutes. 

SUMMARY 

Purchases of supplies, materials and equipment by the Legislative Property Tax Committee 

are to be purchased through the State Board of 

Control pursuant to the provisions of Article 

664-3, Vernon's Civil Statutes. 

ey General of Texas 
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Hon. Jim Bates, page 3 

Prepared by John Reeves 

Assistant Attorney General 

APPROVED: 

OPINION COMMITTEE 

Kerns Taylor, Chairman 

W. E. Allen, Co-Chairman 

Malcolm Quick 

Max Hamilton 

Rex White 

Marietta Payne 

SAMUEL D. MCDANIEL 

Staff Legal Assistant 

ALFRED WALKER 

Executive Assistant 

NOLA WHITE 

First Assistant 

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