Tex. Gov't Code § 311.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following definitions apply unless the statute or context in which the word or phrase is used requires a different definition:
(1) "Oath" includes affirmation.
(2) "Person" includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity.
(3) "Population" means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census.
(4) "Property" means real and personal property.
(5) "Rule" includes regulation.
(6) "Signed" includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing.
(7) "State," when referring to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, and insular possession of the United States and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.
(8) "Swear" includes affirm.
(9) "United States" includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America.
(10) "Week" means seven consecutive days.
(11) "Written" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures.
(12) "Year" means 12 consecutive months.
(13) "Includes" and "including" are terms of enlargement and not of limitation or exclusive enumeration, and use of the terms does not create a presumption that components not expressed are excluded.
(14) "Boy" means a child of the male sex.
(15) "Father" means a parent of the male sex.
(16) "Female" and "woman" mean an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova.
(17) "Girl" means a child of the female sex.
(18) "Male" and "man" mean an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.
(19) "Mother" means a parent of the female sex.
(20) "Sex" means an individual's biological sex, either male or female.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 340, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 543 (H.B. 229), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.311.htm
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Cited by 28 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 311.005. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 22.027PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 114.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 115.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 116.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1002.023PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 2001.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
Government Code
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 30.003DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 424.002INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 425.102INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 964.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
Natural Resources Code
Property Code
Special District Local Laws Code
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 111.001DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 112.001DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 131.001DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 173.001DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 174.001DEFINITION OF PERSON.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 541.002GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES.Printed as Section 311.005, Government Code
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