| (a) When a board, commission or agency requests to lease property that is not owned by the state, the Commission shall verify that state-owned space is not available. (b) All requests for lease space must be submitted by the office of the Executive Director or designated the agency representative head of the requesting agency party. (c) The Chief Administrative Officer of the requesting agency must certify the availability of funds for the requested lease space, the number of full time employees to be located at the requested space and the agency's projected schedule. (d) §2165.104(c) of the Texas Government Code does not exempt any state entity from statutorily imposed lease space restrictions. All requests for space exemptions from state statute or rule shall be determined on a case by case basis by the Commission. No exemption granted by the Commission will be considered as a precedent for any future exemption requests. |
