Section 610.001 - Definitions 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; orTex. Gov't. Code § 610.001
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.