Sec. 315.002.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency" means:
(1)  any department, commission, board, office, or other agency that:
(A)  is in the executive branch of state government;
(B)  has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion of the state;  and
(C)  was created by the constitution or a statute of this state;  or
(2)  an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, other than a public junior college or community college.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.