Section 2252.201 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Governmental entity" means this state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term does not include a political subdivision.(2) "Manufacturing process" means the application of a process to alter the form or function of materials or elements of a product in a manner that adds value and transforms the materials or elements into a new finished product that is functionally different from a finished product produced merely from assembling the materials or elements into a product.(3) "Political subdivision" includes a county, municipality, municipal utility district, water control and improvement district, special utility district, and other types of water district.(4) "Produced in the United States" means, with respect to iron and steel products, a product for which all manufacturing processes, from initial melting through application of coatings, occur in the United States, other than metallurgical processes to refine steel additives.(5) "Project" means a contract between a governmental entity and another person, including a political subdivision, to:(A) construct, remodel, or alter a building, a structure, or infrastructure;(B) supply a material for a project described by Paragraph (A); or(C) finance, refinance, or provide money from funds administered by a governmental entity for a project described by Paragraph (A).Tex. Gov't. Code § 2252.201
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1009,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 597,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.