Sec. 1232.003.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Authority" means the Texas Public Finance Authority.
(2)  "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.
(3)  "Building" means:
(A)  a structure used by a state agency to conduct state business;  and
(B)  the major equipment or personal property related functionally to a structure used by a state agency to conduct state business.
(4)  "Commission" means the Texas Facilities Commission.
(5)  "Computer equipment" means a telecommunications device or system, an automated information system, a computer on which an information system is automated, and computer software.
(6)  "Construction" means the erection, improvement, repair, renovation, or remodeling of a building.
(7)  "Equipment" means a fixed asset, other than land or a building, used by a state agency to conduct state business.  The term includes computer equipment.
(8)  "Obligation" means a bond, note, certificate of participation, certificate of obligation, or interest in a contract.
(9)  "State agency" means a board, commission, department, office, agency, institution of higher education, or other governmental entity in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.