Section 662.001 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Part-time state employee" means a state employee who normally works fewer than 40 hours each week.(2) "State agency" means a unit of state government, including a state board, commission, council, department, committee, agency, or office that was created by the constitution or a statute of this state and is in any branch of state government. The term does not include a local government, a river authority, a special district, any other political subdivision, or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(3) "State employee" means an employee of a state agency or an appointed officer of a state agency whose office is not created by the state constitution. The term includes a part-time, hourly, or temporary state employee.(4) "Workday" means a day on which a state employee is normally scheduled to work. The term does not include a national or state holiday.Tex. Gov't. Code § 662.001
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 27, eff. 6/19/1997.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.