Tex. Gov't Code § 2254.021 · Subchapter B. CONSULTING SERVICES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Consulting service" means the service of studying or advising a state agency under a contract that does not involve the traditional relationship of employer and employee.
(2) "Major consulting services contract" means a consulting services contract for which it is reasonably foreseeable that the value of the contract will exceed $15,000, or $25,000 for an institution of higher education other than a public junior college.
(3) "Consultant" means a person that provides or proposes to provide a consulting service. The term includes a political subdivision but does not include the federal government, a state agency, or a state governmental entity.
(4) "Political subdivision" means:
(A) a county;
(B) an incorporated or unincorporated municipality;
(C) a public junior college;
(D) a public school district or other educational or rehabilitative district;
(E) a metropolitan or regional transit authority;
(F) an airport authority;
(G) a river authority or compact;
(H) a regional planning commission, a council of governments, or a similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code;
(I) the Edwards Aquifer Authority or a district governed by Title 4, Water Code;
(J) a soil and water conservation district;
(K) a county or municipal improvement district;
(L) a county road or road utility district;
(M) a county housing authority;
(N) an emergency services or communications district;
(O) a fire prevention district;
(P) a public health or hospital authority or district;
(Q) a mosquito control district;
(R) a special waste district;
(S) a rural rail transportation district; or
(T) any other local government or special district of this state.
(5) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2151.002.
(6) "State governmental entity" means a state department, commission, board, office, institution, facility, or other agency the jurisdiction of which is not limited to a geographical portion of the state. The term includes a university system and an institution of higher education, other than a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term does not include a political subdivision.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.44(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 17.19(11), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 1.02, eff. June 20, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2254.htm
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