Terms Used In Texas Government Code 656.104

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

If a state employee does not provide the services required in accordance with § 656.103(a)(1), provides those services for less than the required term, or fails to make payments required in accordance with § 656.103(a)(2) and the employee is not released from the obligation to provide the services or to make the payments under § 656.103(c), the employee is liable to the state agency for any costs described by § 656.103(a)(2) and for the agency’s reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining payment, including reasonable attorney’s fees.