Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 438.003. Definitions

(1) "Advisory committee" means the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict established under this chapter.

(2) "Critical infrastructure" means a publicly or privately owned system or asset, whether physical or virtual, so vital to this state or to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of the system or asset would have a debilitating impact on state or national security, state or national economic security, state or national public health, or any combination of these, and includes:

(3) "Critical procurement" means a purchase made by a state agency, a political subdivision of this state, or a private nongovernmental organization that is critical to the proper functioning of state services, state operations, or the operations of this state's critical infrastructure, or the health, safety, or security of this state's citizens.

(4) "Drug supply chain" means the end-to-end process for manufacturing, acquiring, shipping, and vending prescription drugs beginning at any point of origin and ending in this state, including acquiring and shipping any key starting materials and active pharmaceutical ingredients necessary to manufacture and distribute prescription drugs in this state.

(5) "Geopolitical conflict" means:

(6) "State supply chain" means the end-to-end process for shipping goods purchased by a state agency or a political subdivision of this state to the state agency or political subdivision, beginning at the point of origin through any point of distribution, including through vendors, to the destination.

(7) "Texas National Guard" has the meaning assigned by Section 437.001.