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Miscellaneous Expenditures — Real and Personal State Property
Leasehold Improvements

A state agency may pay for improvements to leased property if:

  • The agency has specific or implied statutory authority to lease the property,
  • The payment would serve a proper public purpose,
  • The agency would receive sufficient benefits from the payment, and
  • Adequate controls are in place to ensure the public purpose will be carried out.

Sources [+]

Opinion of Texas Attorney General Nos. JM-1030 (1989), JM-552 (1986), MW-514 (1982), H-655 (1975), H-416 (1974), H-403 (1974), H-257 (1974), M-512 (1969); Texas Attorney General No. LO-97-78 (1997).

Documentation Requirements [+]

  1. A state agency must retain documentation in its files showing:
    1. the specific or implied statutory authority to lease the property,
    2. how the payment serves a proper public purpose, and
    3. how the agency receives sufficient benefits from the payment.
  2. Comptroller object 7344 must be used.