Tex. Gov't Code § 610.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Program administrator" means:
(A) for a state employee employed by The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System, the applicable system; or
(B) for every other state employee, the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
(2) "School district" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.13, Tax Code.
(3) "School district employee" means a person who receives compensation for service performed, other than as an independent contractor, for a school district.
(4) "State agency" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the constitution or a statute of the state, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; or
(C) the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency.
(5) "State employee" means:
(A) a person who receives compensation for service performed, other than as an independent contractor, for a state agency; or
(B) a district judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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.610.htm
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- 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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