In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative code" means the Texas Administrative Code.
(2) "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.
(3) "State agency" means a state officer, board, commission, or department with statewide jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases other than:
(A) an agency wholly financed by federal money;
(B) the legislature;
(C) the courts;
(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
(E) an institution of higher education.
(4) The following terms have the meanings assigned by Section 2001.003:
(A) "contested case";
(B) "license";
(C) "licensing";
(D) "party";
(E) "person"; and
(F) "rule."