Section 2.60 - Friends Groups(a) The commission may designate nonprofit organizations that are organized to raise funds and provide services and other benefits to the agency as a "friend" of the commission. A friends group must submit copies of its charter and bylaws or other organizational documents to the commission for review and approval. Upon designation as a friend of the commission and for so long as such designation exists, the commission may recognize a friends group. Designation as a "friend" shall be reviewed periodically but not less than once every five years.(b) Funds accepted by friends groups for the benefit of the commission to support the purposes and programs of the commission are to be managed as reasonably prudent persons would manage funds if acting on their own behalf. Such funds are to be accounted for according to generally accepted accounting principles. A financial report shall be prepared at least annually and made available to the public upon request.(c) The commission may authorize reasonable use of agency employees, equipment, or property by recognized friends groups in order to further or support the purposes or programs of the commission, provided such usage is commensurate with the benefit received or to be received by the commission. Agency employees shall receive no compensation from the friends groups for such service.(d) A commission member or agency employee may not serve as an officer or director of a friends group. The commission will designate not more than one of its members to serve as liaison to each friends group.(e) Nothing in this section shall supersede any rule or statute regulating the conduct of an employee of a state agency or the procedures of a state agency. To the extent of any conflict, the other rule or statute shall prevail.13 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.60
The provisions of this §2.60 adopted to be effective May 12, 2004, 29 TexReg 4463; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 10, March 8, 2024, TexReg 1459, eff. 3/12/2024