Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 551.001 · Chapter 551. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subtitle:
(1) "Artificial intelligence system" means any machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs the system receives how to generate outputs, including content, decisions, predictions, or recommendations, that can influence physical or virtual environments.
(2) "Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of this state acting only in an individual or household context. The term does not include an individual acting in a commercial or employment context.
(3) "Council" means the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council established under Chapter 554.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.551.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 4139da7298b4da5de558cbaf454cd25d850ed486511e0d6d894359b9b978a6f4
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 551.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 325.011CRITERIA FOR REVIEW.Printed as Section 551.001, Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2054.068INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT.Printed as Section 551.001, Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2054.0965INFORMATION RESOURCES DEPLOYMENT REVIEW.Printed as Section 551.001, Business & Commerce Code
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