DEFINITION.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 2111.001.
in effectIn this chapter, "state agency":
(1) means an office, institution, or other agency that:
(A) is in the executive branch of state government;
(B) has authority that is not limited to a geographic portion of the state; and
(C) was created by the constitution or a statute of this state; and
(2) does not include an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.