Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION
Section 3.61 - Definitions

(1) Chief administrative officer--Chief Clerk of the Land Office or his or her designee.

(2) Commissioner--Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas or the Commissioner's designee not below the level of division director.

(3) Contract--a written contract between the Land Office and a contractor by which the contractor agrees either: to provide goods or services, by sale or lease, to or for a unit of state government; or to perform a project as defined by Government Code, § RSA 2166.001.

(4) Contractor--independent contractor who has entered into a contract directly with the Land Office, but does not include:

(5) Day--calendar day. Acts required to occur on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, shall take place on the next following working day.

(6) Governmental body shall be construed as that term is defined under Texas Government Code Section RSA 552.003.

(7) Land Office--General Land Office of Texas.

(8) Parties--collectively, the contractor and the Land Office.

(9) Political subdivision--a municipality, county, parish, borough, public school district, levee improvement district, municipal utility district, or any other special purpose district authorized by the law of the State of Texas or another state.

(10) SOAH--State Office of Administrative Hearings.

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