The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Administrative cost--indirect personnel cost and other non-divisional support personnel costs.
2. (2) Bill rate intervention--The cost of legal representation provided by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of TSD before regulatory bodies with jurisdiction over telecommunications.
3. (3) CCTS--Capitol Complex Telephone System. The centralized telephone service for state agencies, each house of the legislature, and legislative agencies in the capitol complex.
4. (4) CCTS users--State agencies, and other authorized governmental entities, including units of local government that contract to utilize CCTS services.
5. (5) Local government--Counties, cities, districts, and other political subdivisions.
6. (6) New telephone equipment--TSD inventory of telephone equipment never used.
7. (7) Operational cost--all division operational costs, including without limitation, staff salaries and contracted services to support the division.
8. (8) Reconditioned telephone equipment--Telephone equipment that is not new, has been repaired, and is warranted as if it is new.
9. (9) Telecommunications equipment--Devices or apparatus used for various modes of telecommunications services.
10. (10) Telecommunications service provider--Business entities or other organizations competitively selected by TSD to provide telecommunications equipment or services.
11. (11) Telecommunications service--Any telecommunications service provided by a telecommunications service provider.
12. (12) Telecommunications revolving account--An account in the Texas State Treasury into which funds received from TEX-AN users and CCTS users are transferred.
13. (13) TEX-AN--Texas Agency Network. The statewide system of telecommunications services serving the authorized TEX-AN users.
14. (14) TEX-AN users--State agencies and authorized governmental entities, including units of local government that contract to participate in TEX-AN.
15. (15) TSD--The Telecommunications Services Division of the department.
16. (16) Usage sensitive services--Telecommunications services, which are billed on the basis of quantity used such as long distance per minute charges, bandwidth charges for internet services, etc.

Source Note:The provisions of this §207.2 adopted to be effective November 8, 1994, 19 TexReg 8541; amended to be effective July 27, 2000, 25 TexReg 6977; transferred effective September 1, 2001, as published in the Texas Register October 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 7825; amended to be effective September 17, 2002, 27 TexReg 8765.