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What are legal authorities?

April 26, 2017Authorities Legal

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What are legal authorities?

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Legal authorities are the laws that govern the contracting activities and allow DSHS to contract for certain activities with particular types of entities. For example, state agencies have a legal authority of Chapter 771, Texas Government Code, which has different requirements than the legal authority for non-profit organizations, which is Chapter 12, Health and Safety Code. One difference is that there is a requirement for advertising services competitively when contracting with non-profit organizations, but this requirement does not exist for contracting with state agencies.