Sec. 2054.0525.  CUSTOMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DEPARTMENT SERVICES.  If the executive director determines that participation is in the best interest of this state, the following entities are eligible customers for services the department provides:
(1)  a state agency;
(2)  a local government;
(3)  the legislature or a legislative agency;
(4)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals;
(5)  a public hospital owned or operated by this state or a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state, including a hospital district or hospital authority;
(6)  an independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region;
(7)  the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation;
(8)  an assistance organization, as defined by Section 2175.001;
(9)  an open-enrollment charter school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code;
(10)  a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code;
(11)  a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(12)  a public safety entity, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 1401;
(13)  a volunteer fire department, as defined by Section 152.001, Tax Code; and
(14)  a governmental entity of another state.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 242 (H.B. 4553), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.