Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 553.001
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 553.001, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 553.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Applicable agency" means a department of this state established by law to regulate certain types of business activity in this state and the people engaging in that business, including the issuance of licenses and registrations, that the department determines would regulate a program participant if the person were not operating under this chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Information Resources.
(3) "Program" means the regulatory sandbox program established under this chapter that allows a person, without being licensed or registered under the laws of this state, to test an artificial intelligence system for a limited time and on a limited basis.
(4) "Program participant" means a person whose application to participate in the program is approved and who may test an artificial intelligence system under this chapter.
(1) "Applicable agency" means a department of this state established by law to regulate certain types of business activity in this state and the people engaging in that business, including the issuance of licenses and registrations, that the department determines would regulate a program participant if the person were not operating under this chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Information Resources.
(3) "Program" means the regulatory sandbox program established under this chapter that allows a person, without being licensed or registered under the laws of this state, to test an artificial intelligence system for a limited time and on a limited basis.
(4) "Program participant" means a person whose application to participate in the program is approved and who may test an artificial intelligence system under this chapter.
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