Tex. Government Code § 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.