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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 2170.001: DEFINITIONS.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
  3. SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES
  4. CHAPTER 2170. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Telecommunications services" means intercity communications facilities or services. The term does not include single agency point-to-point radio systems or facilities or services of criminal justice information communication systems.

(2) "Consolidated telecommunications system" means the network of telecommunications services serving the state government.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.

(4) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(b) In this section, any dedicated circuits included as part of the consolidated telecommunications system are considered to begin and end at the main connecting frame.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 4.15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 242 (H.B. 4553), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2023.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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