1. (a) The executive administrator will identify value-added services that relate to the goals and responsibilities of the Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO). For those services identified, the executive administrator may enter partnerships with service providers.
2. (b) The executive administrator will determine if the entity submitting a written request to form a partnership is an entity that provides services identified in subsection (a) of this section. If so, the executive administrator may enter a written agreement with the entity to form a partnership.
3. (c) The executive administrator must develop and implement, with board approval, a charge schedule for entities entering partnerships with the executive administrator. Monies collected from entities entering partnerships with the executive administrator must be used to improve access to TxGIO information.
4. (d) The written agreement must be consistent with the agency's contracting policies and procedures and ethics policy.

5. (e) Partnerships may include:

   1. (1) those with non-profit organizations to enhance services such as event collaboration and funding, data and service delivery, grant and charitable funding opportunities, resource sharing, advocacy, and emergency response; and
   2. (2) those with for-profit companies for data acquisition, software development, software purchase, geospatial support and services, data storage, infrastructure development, and emergency response.

Source Note:The provisions of this §353.100 adopted to be effective February 5, 2002, 27 TexReg 760; amended to be effective March 5, 2025, 50 TexReg 1693.