Sec. 662.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Part-time state employee" means a state employee who normally works fewer than 40 hours each week.
(2)  "State agency" means a unit of state government, including a state board, commission, council, department, committee, agency, or office that was created by the constitution or a statute of this state and is in any branch of state government.  The term does not include a local government, a river authority, a special district, any other political subdivision, or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(3)  "State employee" means an employee of a state agency or an appointed officer of a state agency whose office is not created by the state constitution.  The term includes a part-time, hourly, or temporary state employee.
(4)  "Workday" means a day on which a state employee is normally scheduled to work.  The term does not include a national or state holiday.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 27, eff. June 19, 1997.