{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 22.014","heading":"GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OF THE STATE.","body":"\"Governmental agency of the state\" means:\n(1) a municipality;\n(2) a county;\n(3) a public school district;\n(4) a special-purpose district or authority;\n(5) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;\n(6) the legislature or a legislative agency;\n(7) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a district, county, or justice of the peace court;\n(8) a judicial agency having statewide jurisdiction; and\n(9) the State Bar of Texas.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 22. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.22.htm#22.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"8939c814f1fc877d04da6a67f7c192aa89c64e3f7d0e7557d522abcd98a0861d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}