Sec. 2002.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Administrative code" means the Texas Administrative Code.
(2)  "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.
(3)  "State agency" means a state officer, board, commission, or department with statewide jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases other than:
(A)  an agency wholly financed by federal money;
(B)  the legislature;
(C)  the courts;
(D)  the Texas Department of Insurance, as regards proceedings and activities under Title 5, Labor Code, of the department, the commissioner of insurance, or the commissioner of workers' compensation; or
(E)  an institution of higher education.
(4)  The following terms have the meanings assigned by Section 2001.003:
(A)  "contested case";
(B)  "license";
(C)  "licensing";
(D)  "party";
(E)  "person";  and
(F)  "rule."
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 6.008, eff. September 1, 2005.