List of Texas state agencies
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State agencies of Texas:
- Brazos River AuthorityBrazos River AuthorityThe Brazos River Authority or BRA was created in 1929 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Brazos River as a water resource in Texas. It was originally named the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and renamed to the current name in 1953...
- Canadian River Compact Commissioner for Texas
- Edwards Aquifer Authority
- Employees Retirement System of TexasEmployees Retirement System of TexasEmployees Retirement System of Texas 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.-External links:*...
- Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners of Texas
- Guadalupe-Blanco River AuthorityGuadalupe-Blanco River AuthorityThe 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 authority extends over ten counties...
- Lower Colorado River AuthorityLower Colorado River AuthorityThe Lower Colorado River Authority or LCRA is a nonprofit public utility that was created in November 1934 by the Texas Legislature. LCRA's mission is to protect people, property and the environment by providing public services for more than one million people in Central and Southeast Texas...
- Office of Rural Community Affairs
- Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner of Texas
- Office of the Governor of Texas - Commission on Women
- Office of the Governor of Texas - Committee on People with Disabilities
- Office of the Governor of Texas
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- Office of the Public Utility Counsel of Texas
- Pecos River Compact Commissioner for Texas
- Red River Compact Commissioners for Texas
- Rio Grande Compact Commissioners for Texas
- Sabine River Authority
- Sabine River Compact Commissioners for Texas
- State Bar of TexasState Bar of TexasThe State Bar of Texas is an agency of the judiciary under the administrative control of the Texas Supreme Court. The Texas Bar is responsible for assisting the Texas Supreme Court in overseeing all attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas...
- State Preservation Board of Texas
- Teacher Retirement System of TexasTeacher Retirement System of TexasTeacher Retirement System of Texas is a public pension plan of the State of Texas. Established more than 70 years ago, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas and manages a more than $107...
- Texas Adjutant General's Department
- Texas Agricultural Experiment StationTexas Agricultural Experiment StationTexas AgriLife Research is the agricultural and life sciences research agency of Texas and a part of the Texas A&M University System. Formerly named Texas Agricultural Research Service, the agency's name was changed January 1, 2008 as part of a rebranding of Texas A&M AgriLife .The agricultural...
- Texas Agricultural Extension Service
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionTexas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionThe Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission was created in 1935. The TABC has the task of inspecting, supervising and regulating every phase of business related to alcoholic beverages...
- Texas Animal Health CommissionTexas Animal Health CommissionThe Texas Animal Health Commission 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 within the state....
- Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
- Texas Attorney GeneralTexas Attorney GeneralThe Texas Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Texas.The department has offices at the William P. Clements State Office Building at 300 West 15th Street in Austin.-History:...
- Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
- Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
- Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Texas Board of Pharmacy
- Texas Board of Plumbing Examiners
- Texas Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
- Texas Board of Polygraph Examiners
- Texas Board of Professional Engineers
- Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
- Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
- Texas Board of Tax Professional Examiners
- Texas Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
- Texas Bond Review Board
- Texas Building and Procurement Commission
- Texas Cancer Council
- Texas Commission of State Emergency Communications
- Texas Commission on Environmental QualityTexas Commission on Environmental QualityThe Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is the environmental agency for the U.S. state of Texas. The commission is headquartered at 12100 Park 35 Circle in Austin....
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection
- Texas Commission on Jail StandardsTexas Commission on Jail StandardsThe Texas Commission on Jail Standards is an agency of the Texas government. Headquartered in the William Clements State Office Building in Downtown Austin, the agency oversees county jails to ensure standards of construction and operation. The agency was created in 1975.-External links:*...
- Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
- Texas Commission on the Arts
- Texas Comptroller of Public AccountsTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsThe Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the Governor and the other elected executive branch positions...
- Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
- Texas Council on Environmental Technology
- Texas Court of Criminal AppealsTexas Court of Criminal AppealsThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the State of Texas, United States. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, is composed of a Presiding Judge and eight judges....
- Texas Court Reporters Certification Board
- Texas Credit Union Department
- Texas Department of AgricultureTexas Department of AgricultureThe Texas Department of Agriculture is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters.TDA was established by the 13th Texas Legislature in 1907...
- Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services(DARS)
- Texas Department of Banking
- Texas Department of Criminal JusticeTexas Department of Criminal JusticeThe Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...
- Texas Department of Family and Protective ServicesTexas Department of Family and Protective ServicesThe Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, elderly adults and adults with disabilities...
- Texas Department of Housing and Community AffairsTexas Department of Housing and Community AffairsThe Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is the state's lead agency responsible for homeownership, affordable rental housing, community and energy assistance programs, and colonia activities serving primarily low income Texans...
- Texas Department of Information Resources
- Texas Department of InsuranceTexas Department of InsuranceThe Texas Department of Insurance is the regulator of all Texas-based insurance companies and was founded as a result of the McCarran-Ferguson Act. The agency is headquartered at the William P. Hobby State Office Building at 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, United States.TDI Fraud UnitThe...
- Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationTexas Department of Licensing and RegulationTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation is a state agency of Texas. TDLR is the umbrella licensing agency of the state. It has its headquarters in the Ernest O. Thompson State Office Building in Downtown Austin.-External links:*...
- Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
- Texas Department of Public SafetyTexas Department of Public SafetyThe Texas Department of Public Safety is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and vehicle regulation. The Public Safety Commission oversees the DPS. Its five members are appointed by the Governor of Texas and confirmed by the...
- Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending
- Texas Department of State Health ServicesTexas Department of State Health ServicesTexas 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 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas...
- Texas Department of TransportationTexas Department of TransportationThe Texas Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas. Its stated mission is to "work cooperatively to provide safe, effective and efficient movement of people and goods" throughout the state...
- Texas Dept. of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
- Texas Education AgencyTexas Education AgencyThe Texas Education Agency is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B...
- Texas Engineering Experiment StationTexas Engineering Experiment StationThe Texas Engineering Experiment Station is the engineering research agency of the State of Texas and a member of The Texas A&M University System....
- Texas Engineering Extension ServiceTexas Engineering Extension ServiceTexas Engineering Extension Service, abbreviated TEEX, is a state agency that offers training programs and technical assistance to public safety workers, both in Texas and around the world. Established in 1940 as the Industrial Extension Service, the agency took on its current name when it joined...
- Texas Ethics CommissionTexas Ethics CommissionThe 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 Downtown Austin....
- Texas Film CommissionTexas Film CommissionThe 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.-External links:*...
- Texas Finance Commission
- Texas Forest ServiceTexas Forest ServiceTexas Forest Service is an agency chartered by the Texas Legislature to manage the interests of Texas' forests. It is a part of the Texas A&M University System...
- Texas Funeral Service Commission
- Texas General Land OfficeTexas General Land Office.The Texas General Land Office is a state agency of Texas. It manages state-controlled lands and mineral rights properties. The agency originally collected and kept records regarding lands controlled by the state. The agency has its headquarters in the Stephen F. Austin State Office Building in...
- Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
- Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Funding Corporation
- Texas Health and Human Services CommissionTexas Health and Human Services CommissionThe Texas Health and Human Services Commission is a state agency of Texas. The commission oversees several state departments that deal with health and human services, including itself and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas...
- Texas Health and Human Services
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardTexas Higher Education Coordinating BoardThe Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is an agency of the Texas state government that oversees all public post-secondary education in Texas. It is headquartered at 1200 East Anderson Lane in Austin....
- Texas Historical CommissionTexas Historical CommissionThe 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....
- Texas Juvenile Probation CommissionTexas Juvenile Probation CommissionThe Texas Juvenile Probation Commission is a state agency of Texas, headquartered in the Brown-Heatley Building in Austin.The TJPC oversees county-operated youth detention facilities and partners with area juvenile boards and probation departments to serve youth probation services throughout...
- Texas Law Library
- Texas Legislative Budget Board
- Texas Legislative Council
- Texas Legislative Reference Library
- Texas Lottery Commission
- Texas Medical BoardTexas Medical BoardThe Texas Medical Board is the state agency mandated to regulate the practice of medicine by M.D.'s and D.O.'s in Texas. It is located in Austin, Texas, and consists of 12 physician members and seven public members appointed for a six-year term by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate...
- Texas Military Facilities Commission
- Texas Music OfficeTexas Music OfficeThe Texas Music Office 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....
- Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
- Texas Office of Court Administration
- Texas Office of State-Federal Relations
- Texas Optometry Board
- Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentTexas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentThe Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 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...
- Texas Pension Review Board
- Texas Public Finance Authority
- Texas Public Insurance Counsel
- Texas Public Utility Commission
- Texas Racing Commission
- Texas Railroad Commission
- Texas Real Estate CommissionTexas Real Estate CommissionThe Texas Real Estate Commission is the state agency that governs real estate practices in the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered at 1101 Camino La Costa in Austin....
- Texas Residential Construction CommissionTexas Residential Construction CommissionTexas Residential Construction Commission was a Texas state agency that oversaw single family residential house construction. The agency was headquartered at 311 East 14th Street in Austin....
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually ImpairedTexas School for the Blind and Visually ImpairedThe Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a Texas special public school, in the continuum of statewide placements for students who have a visual impairment. It is considered a statewide resource to parents of these children and professionals who serve them...
- Texas School for the DeafTexas School for the DeafTexas School for the Deaf is a state-operated primary and secondary school for deaf children in Austin, Texas. It was first opened in 1857 "in an old frame house, three log cabins, and a smokehouse." The school struggled under inadequate funding during the Civil War and its aftermath with the...
- Texas Secretary of State
- Texas Securities Board
- Texas Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Texas State Auditor's Office
- Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
- Texas State Board for Educator Certification
- Texas State Board of Examiners of PsychologistsTexas State Board of Examiners of PsychologistsThe Sixty-First Texas Legislative Session established the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists in 1969 with passage of the “Psychologists' Certification and Licensing Act,” V.T.C.S., Article 4512c. The legislature authorized the agency to regulate the practice of psychology in the state...
- Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
- Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Texas State Library and Archives CommissionTexas State Library and Archives CommissionThe Texas State Library and Archives Commission refers to the agency in the state of Texas that is charged with overseeing and assisting with state-wide library programs, meeting the reading-related needs of Texans with disabilities, and finally preserving and providing access to significant Texas...
- Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings
- Texas State Office of Risk Management
- Texas Structural Pest Control Board
- Texas Sunset Advisory CommissionSunset Advisory CommissionThe Sunset Advisory Commission is an agency of the Texas Legislature, that makes recommendations to the Legislature on the continued need for the existence of various state agencies. It is headquartered in the Robert E...
- Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
- Texas Transportation InstituteTexas Transportation InstituteThe Texas Transportation Institute in College Station, Texas is the largest transportation research agency in the United States. Created in 1950, primarily in response to the needs of the Texas Highway Department , TTI has since broadened its focus to address all modes of transportation–highway,...
- Texas Veterans Commission
- Texas Veteran's Land Board
- Texas Water Development Board
- Texas Workforce CommissionTexas Workforce CommissionThe Texas Workforce Commission is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas that provides unemployment benefits and services related to employment to eligible individuals and businesses....
- Texas Workforce Investment Council
- Texas Youth CommissionTexas Youth CommissionThe Texas Youth Commission is a Texas state agency which operates juvenile corrections facilities in the state. The commission is headquartered in the Brown-Heatly Building in Austin...
- Trinity River AuthorityTrinity River AuthorityThe Trinity River Authority or 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...
- University of Houston SystemUniversity of Houston SystemThe University of Houston System is a state university system in Texas, encompassing four separate and distinct universities. It has two system centers, which operate as and distance learning course delivery sites for its universities...
- Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
- Wildlife Damage Management Service