Section 661.001 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Employee" means an individual, other than a state officer, employed by a state agency.(2) "Executive director" means the individual appointed by the governing body of a state agency as chief administrative officer of the agency and includes the chancellor or highest executive officer of a university system and the president of a public senior college or university as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(3) "Pool administrator" means the individual appointed by the governing body of a state agency to administer the agency's sick leave pool.(4) "State agency" means: (A) a board, commission, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of the state;(B) an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;(C) a legislative agency, but not either house or a member of the legislature; or(D) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency.(5) "State officer" means an elected or appointed officer of a state agency or an executive director.Tex. Gov't. Code § 661.001
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 14, eff. 9/1/1999.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.