{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2254.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2254.021","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Consulting service\" means the service of studying or advising a state agency under a contract that does not involve the traditional relationship of employer and employee.\n(2) \"Major consulting services contract\" means a consulting services contract for which it is reasonably foreseeable that the value of the contract will exceed $15,000, or $25,000 for an institution of higher education other than a public junior college.\n(3) \"Consultant\" means a person that provides or proposes to provide a consulting service. The term includes a political subdivision but does not include the federal government, a state agency, or a state governmental entity.\n(4) \"Political subdivision\" means:\n(A) a county;\n(B) an incorporated or unincorporated municipality;\n(C) a public junior college;\n(D) a public school district or other educational or rehabilitative district;\n(E) a metropolitan or regional transit authority;\n(F) an airport authority;\n(G) a river authority or compact;\n(H) a regional planning commission, a council of governments, or a similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code;\n(I) the Edwards Aquifer Authority or a district governed by Title 4, Water Code;\n(J) a soil and water conservation district;\n(K) a county or municipal improvement district;\n(L) a county road or road utility district;\n(M) a county housing authority;\n(N) an emergency services or communications district;\n(O) a fire prevention district;\n(P) a public health or hospital authority or district;\n(Q) a mosquito control district;\n(R) a special waste district;\n(S) a rural rail transportation district; or\n(T) any other local government or special district of this state.\n(5) \"State agency\" has the meaning assigned by Section 2151.002.\n(6) \"State governmental entity\" means a state department, commission, board, office, institution, facility, or other agency the jurisdiction of which is not limited to a geographical portion of the state. The term includes a university system and an institution of higher education, other than a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term does not include a political subdivision.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.44(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 17.19(11), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 1.02, eff. June 20, 2003.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 2254. PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. CONSULTING SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2254.htm#2254.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"4710dd16098a9be415876afd5cbc73701926cd0da59cab339e9e711da037e3ff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2254.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2254.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}