Section 56.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 37), Sec. 7(4), eff. June 7, 2019.(2) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that: (A) is issued by a licensing authority; and(B) a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.(3) "Licensing authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that issues a license.(4) "Scholarship contract" means an agreement by this state, an agency of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States to make a grant to a person to support the person while attending a public or private institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational establishment in exchange for the person's agreement to perform a service obligation.(5) "Student loan" means a loan made to a person by a public or private entity to support the person while attending a public or private institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational establishment.(6) "Student loan repayment contract" means an agreement by this state, an agency of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States to repay all or part of a person's student loan in exchange for the person's agreement to perform a service obligation.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 506,Sec. 7, eff. 6/7/2019.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 506,Sec. 2, eff. 6/7/2019.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 512, Sec. 1, eff. 6/11/2001. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 506, Sec. 8.