Tex. Gov't Code § 325.002 · Chapter 325. SUNSET LAW
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "State agency" means an entity expressly made subject to this chapter.
(2) "Advisory committee" means a committee, council, commission, or other entity created under state law whose primary function is to advise a state agency.
(3) "Commission" means the Sunset Advisory Commission.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means a department, commission, board, or other agency that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, or suspend a license, certification, or other authorization to engage in an activity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 2.12(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 196, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (S.B. 619), Sec. 7.01, eff. June 10, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 360 (H.B. 12), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.325.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 6aa40b94942eba2d60782ed99e53e8df7c4309666c962dadcaa5907e4c95bf50
- 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
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