31 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.61 - Definitions
(a) The following words and terms, when used
in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise:
(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, §
2166.001.
(4) Contractor--independent contractor who
has entered into a contract directly with the Land Office, but 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 the
Land Office; or
(C) a student at an
institution of higher education.
(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
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.
(b) Words or terms not defined in this
subchapter have the meanings defined in Texas Government Code, Chapter 2260,
or, if no meaning is defined therein, shall be read in context and construed
according to the rules of grammar and common usage.
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