Texas § GV.2170.003 - OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § GV.2170.003 — OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ GV.2170.003. OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT. (a) The department may own, lease, or lease-purchase in accordance with Chapters 2155 , 2156 , 2157 , and 2158 any or all of the facilities or equipment necessary to provide telecommunications services. The department may acquire telecommunications services without competitive bid from the Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN) or its successors for the purposes established in Subsection (b). (b) During an emergency, a single node failure or a systemwide failure of the consolidated telecommunications system, the department may divert telecommunications services traffic to the Lonestar Education and Research Network to avoid service interruption. Upon resolution of the emergency and upon determination that the consolidated telecommunications system is operational, traffic will be diverted back to the consolidated telecommunications system. The department may also use the Lonestar Education and Research Network for the purposes of latency tolerant data transfer of files to or from a consolidated state data center established and operated by the department. The Lonestar Education and Research Network shall be exclusively used by the department only for the purposes set out in this section. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 4.17, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1068 (H.B. 1516 ), Sec. 1.09, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section GV.2170.003 ("OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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