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Tex. Gov't Code § 2260.001

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Gene Duke Builders, Inc. v. Abilene Housing Authority (2005)

Most recently applied in North Central Texas Council of Governments v. MRSW Management, LLC (June 2013)

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1352, Sec. 9, eff

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

In this chapter:

(1) "Contract" means a written contract between a unit of state government and a contractor for goods or services, or for a project as defined by Section 2166.001. The term does not include a contract subject to Section 201.112, Transportation Code.

(2) "Contractor" means an independent contractor who has entered into a contract directly with a unit of state government. The term does not include:

(A) a contractor's subcontractor, officer, employee, agent, or other person furnishing goods or services to a contractor;

(B) an employee of a unit of state government; or

(C) a student at an institution of higher education.

(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(4) "Unit of state government" means the state or an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or institution of higher education. The term does not include a county, municipality, court of a county or municipality, special purpose district, or other political subdivision of this state.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.