Sec. 2111.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency":
(1)  means an office, institution, or other agency that:
(A)  is in the executive branch of state government;
(B)  has authority that is not limited to a geographic portion of the state;  and
(C)  was created by the constitution or a statute of this state;  and
(2)  does not include an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.