Sec. 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.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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