{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-656.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 656.101","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"State agency\" has the meaning assigned by Section 656.043.\n(1-a) \"State employee\" has the meaning assigned by Section 572.002.\n(2) \"Training\" means instruction, teaching, or other education received by a state employee that is not normally received by other state employees and that is designed to enhance the ability of the employee to perform the employee's job. The term includes a course of study at an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, if the employing state agency spends money to assist the state employee to meet the expense of the course of study or pays salary to the employee to undertake the course of study as an assigned duty. The term does not include training required either by state or federal law or that is determined necessary by the agency and offered to all employees of the agency performing similar jobs.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1178, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 366 (H.B. 3337), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 656. JOB NOTICES AND TRAINING","SUBCHAPTER D. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TRAINING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.656.htm#656.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"be27a8c5061255cede40b2307b2e64a03856e31d1d49d06bd499417a74340e4e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-656.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-656.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}