{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2002.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2002.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Administrative code\" means the Texas Administrative Code.\n(2) \"Internet\" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.\n(3) \"State agency\" means a state officer, board, commission, or department with statewide jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases other than:\n(A) an agency wholly financed by federal money;\n(B) the legislature;\n(C) the courts;\n(D) the Texas Department of Insurance, as regards proceedings and activities under Title 5, Labor Code, of the department, the commissioner of insurance, or the commissioner of workers' compensation; or\n(E) an institution of higher education.\n(4) The following terms have the meanings assigned by Section 2001.003:\n(A) \"contested case\";\n(B) \"license\";\n(C) \"licensing\";\n(D) \"party\";\n(E) \"person\"; and\n(F) \"rule.\"\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 6.008, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE","CHAPTER 2002. TEXAS REGISTER AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2002.htm#2002.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6e23c78cbb51d2423fdacc4bbdb0342b31acf27d9a8643cacc874673aa3eaba8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.903","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2002.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}