Definiciones sobre organizaciones de servicios de emergencia y unidades gubernamentales

Sec. 101.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Emergency service organization" means: (A) a volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or an emergency medical services provider that is: (i) operated by its members; and (ii) exempt from state taxes by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 151.310 or 171.083, Tax Code; or (B) a local emergency management or homeland security organization that is: (i) formed and operated as a state resource in accordance with the statewide homeland security strategy developed by the governor under Section 421.002, Government Code; and (ii) responsive to the Texas Division of Emergency Management in carrying out an all-hazards emergency management program under Section 418.112, Government Code. (2) "Employee" means a person, including an officer or agent, who is in the paid service of a governmental unit by competent authority, but does not include an independent contractor, an agent or employee of an independent contractor, or a person who performs tasks the details of which the governmental unit does not have the legal right to control. (3) "Governmental unit" means: (A) this state and all the several agencies of government that collectively constitute the government of this state, including other agencies bearing different designations, and all departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, offices, agencies, councils, and courts; (B) a political subdivision of this state, including any city, county, school district, junior college