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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

state agencies.

List of agencies

*Angelina and Neches River Authority * Brazos River Authority *Canadian River Municipal Water Authority *

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) is a state agency that funds cancer research in Texas. It is funded by bonds issued by the state of Texas. Researchers and organizations in Texas are invited to apply for grants that ...

*Edwards Aquifer Authority *

Employees Retirement System of Texas Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) is an agency of the Texas state government. ERS was created in 1947. It oversees retirement benefits of state employees. It is headquartered at 200 E 18th Street in Austin, Texas Texas (, ; S ...

* Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners of Texas *

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority or GBRA was formed in 1933 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the Guadalupe River Basin, which includes the Blanco, Comal, and San Marcos rivers. The au ...

* Lower Colorado River Authority * Office of the Governor of Texas * Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas *Office of the Public Utility Counsel of Texas *Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney * Public Utility Commission of Texas * Railroad Commission of Texas *Red River Authority *Sabine River Authority (Texas) * State Bar of Texas * Teacher Retirement System of Texas * Texas A&M AgriLife Research * Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service * Texas A&M University System * Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission *

Texas Animal Health Commission The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is a state agency of Texas. Its headquarters are located at 2105 Kramer Lane in Austin. The commission exists to help protect the health of livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated anima ...

*Texas Apiary Inspection Service *Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board *

Texas Attorney General The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer
of the

Texas Board of Architectural Examiners The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE) is an agency regulating the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design within the state of Texas. This includes regulating who may practice these professions in Texas. Ov ...

*Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners *Texas Board of Nursing *

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) is a state agency that makes parole and clemency decisions for inmates in Texas prisons. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The BPP was created by constitutional amendment in 1935. It determines ...

*Texas Board of Pharmacy *Texas Board of Plumbing Examiners *Texas Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners * Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors *Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists *Texas Bond Review Board *Texas Commission of State Emergency Communications * Texas Commission on Environmental Quality *

Texas Commission on Fire Protection The Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) is a Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million ...

Texas Commission on Jail Standards The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) is an agency of the Government of Texas. Headquartered in the William Clements State Office Building in Downtown Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat ...

*Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct *

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement or TCOLE, serves as the regulatory agency for all peace officers in Texas, which includes sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, police officers, marshals, troopers, Texas Rangers, ...

*Texas Commission on the Arts * Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts *Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities *Texas Council on Competitive Government *Texas County and District Retirement System * Texas Court of Appeals * Texas Court of Criminal Appeals *Texas Credit Union Department *

Texas Department of Agriculture The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner ...

* Texas Department of Banking *

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jai ...

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, elderly adults and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been c ...

* Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs *

Texas Department of Information Resources Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) is a state agency of Texas. It has its headquarters in Suite 1300 in the William P. Clements Building in Downtown Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the se ...

* Texas Department of Insurance *

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is a state agency of Texas. TDLR is responsible for licensing and regulating a broad range of occupations, businesses, facilities, and equipment in Texas. TDLR has its headquarters in the Er ...

Texas Department of Public Safety The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, commonly known as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), is a department of the state government of Texas. The DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and driver license adminis ...

*Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending *

Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas. The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through the merging of four state agencies: the Texas Department of Health, Texas Departmen ...

Texas Department of Transportation The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ) is a government agency in the American state of Texas. Though the public face of the agency is generally associated with the construction and maintenance of the state's immense state highway system ...

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Texas Engineering Experiment Station The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES, pronounced "tease") is an engineering research agency within The Texas A&M University System and is governed by the Board of Regents. Headquartered in College Station, TEES has a close relation ...

* Texas Engineering Extension Service *

Texas Ethics Commission The Texas Ethics Commission was established in 1991 to "provide guidance on various public ethics laws" within the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered on the 10th Floor of the Sam Houston State Office Building at 201 East 14th Street in Dow ...

Texas Facilities Commission The Texas Facilities Commission is a Texas state agency. TFC's main duty is to manage state government buildings (excluding those operated by universities, the Texas State Capitol, and the Governor's Mansion). TFC also handles the sale of surpl ...

Texas Film Commission The Texas Film Commission is a state agency of Texas, under the oversight of the Governor of Texas. Its headquarters are in Suite 3.410 in the Texas Insurance Building in Downtown Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, ...

* Texas Finance Commission * Texas Forest Service * Texas Funeral Service Commission *

Texas General Land Office The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is a state agency of the U.S. state of Texas, responsible for managing lands and mineral rights properties that are owned by the state. The GLO also manages and contributes to the state's Permanent School Fund. ...

Texas Health and Human Services Commission The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. In September 2016, Texas began transforming how it delivers health and human services to qualified Texans, with a goal of makin ...

* Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board *

Texas Historical Commission The Texas Historical Commission is an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of Texas. It administers the National Register of Historic Places for sites in Texas. The commission also identifies Recorded Texas Historic L ...

* Texas Juvenile Justice Department *Texas Legislative Budget Board *

Texas Legislative Council The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful ar ...

*Texas Legislative Reference Library *

Texas Lottery Commission The Texas Lottery is the government-operated lottery available throughout Texas. It is operated by the Texas Lottery Commission, headquartered in downtown Austin, Texas. History House Bill 54 was introduced for a state lottery on July 11, 19 ...

Texas Medical Board The Texas Medical Board (TMB) is the state agency mandated to regulate the practice of medicine by Doctors of Medicine (MDs) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) in Texas. The Board consists of 12 physician members and seven public members ap ...

* Texas Military Department *

Texas Music Office The Texas Music Office (TMO) is a state-funded business promotion office and information clearinghouse for the Texas music industry. It is headquartered in the State Insurance Building in Austin. More than 14,000 individual clients use TMO resour ...

* Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner *Texas Office of Court Administration *Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel *Texas Office of State-Federal Relations *Texas Optometry Board *

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitats. In addition, the agency is responsible for managing the state's parks and historical areas. Its mission is to manage ...

*Texas Pension Review Board *Texas Public Finance Authority *Texas Racing Commission *

Texas Real Estate Commission The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is the state agency that governs real estate practices in the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered at 1700 North Congress in Austin. TREC is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor with th ...

* Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired * Texas School for the Deaf * Texas Secretary of State * Texas Securities Board *Texas State Anatomical Board *Texas State Auditor's Office *

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (SBDE) is a state agency of Texas. It has its headquarters in Suite 8.600 at 1801 Congress Avenue in the George H. W. Bush State Office Building in Downtown Austin, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Te ...

*Texas State Board for Educator Certification * Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists *Texas State Board of Public Accountancy *Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners * Texas State Cemetery *Texas State Law Library *

Texas State Library and Archives Commission The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) refers to the agency in the state of Texas that assists the people of Texas to effectively use information, archival resources, public records and library materials to improve their lives, th ...

Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) was created in 1991 by the 72nd Texas Legislature as an independent agency to manage and conduct hearings in contested cases for most licensing and other state agencies. SOAH provides a forum ...

*Texas State Office of Risk Management *

Texas State Preservation Board The State Preservation Board preserves and maintains the Texas Capitol, the 1857 General Land Office BuildingTexas Capitol Visitors Center, and other designated buildings, their contents and grounds; preserves and maintains the Texas Governor's Man ...

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) is a state agency of Texas, headquartered in Temple. The agency enforces the state's soil and water conservation laws and coordinates conservation and nonpoint source pollution abatement p ...

* Texas State Technical College System * Texas State University System * Texas Sunset Advisory Commission * Texas Tech University System *Texas Veterans Commission *

Texas Veterans Land Board The Texas Veterans Land Board, also known as VLB, is part of the Texas General Land Office. Created by the Texas Legislature in 1946, the board was established to make land available to veterans returning from World War II. Today, the organization ...

*Texas Water Development Board *Texas Wildlife Services * Texas Workforce Commission *

Trinity River Authority The Trinity River Authority (TRA) was formed in 1955 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin. The authority extends over , including all or part of 17 counties.Trinity River ...

* University of Houston System *

University of North Texas System The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: the University of North Texas, a comprehensi ...

University of Texas System The University of Texas System (UT System) is an American government entity of the state of Texas that includes 13 higher educational institutions throughout the state including eight universities and five independent health institutions. The UT ...

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission — List of Texas State Agencies
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