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

1. (1) CCTS users--State agencies, each house of the legislature and legislative agencies receiving CCTS services.
2. (2) Local government--Counties, cities, districts, and other political subdivisions.
3. (3) New telephone equipment--TSD inventory of telephone equipment never used.
4. (4) Reconditioned telephone equipment--Telephone equipment that has been returned to TSD inventory after use.

5. (5) State agency--

   1. (A) any department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of this state, except the Texas High Speed Rail Authority;
   2. (B) the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, a court of civil appeals, or the Texas Civil Judicial Council; or
   3. (C) a university system or an institution of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003, as amended, other than a public junior college.
6. (6) Telecommunications equipment--Devices or apparatus which include but are not limited to telephones, teletypewriters, facsimile equipment, cables, and switches, used for various modes of transmission of telecommunications services, such as digital data, audio signals, image and video signals.
7. (7) Telecommunications service provider--Local exchange carrier or interexchange carrier, that provides the circuit (path of communication) electrically, electromagnetically, by optical fiber or by acoustically coupled means between two given points with both points having sending and receiving capabilities.
8. (8) Telecommunications service--Any service provided by a telecommunications service provider.
9. (9) Telecommunications revolving account--An account in the Texas State Treasury into which funds received from TEX-AN users and CCTS users are transferred.
10. (10) TEX-AN--Texas Agency Network. The network of telecommunications services serving the government of the State of Texas, which includes intercity long distance voice telephone service and intercity digital and/or analog service of dedicated data and special use circuits.
11. (11) TEX-AN users--State agencies, each house of the legislature, legislative agencies and local governments receiving TEX-AN services.

Source Note:The provisions of this §121.2 adopted to be effective November 8, 1994, 19 TexReg 8541.