Sec. 53.101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that:
(A)  is issued by a licensing authority; and
(B)  a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
(2)  "Licensing authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues a license.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 616 (H.B. 963), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.