Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 553.001 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 553.001Title 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION · Part D. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTION · Ch. 553. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REGULATORY SANDBOX PROGRAM · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.