Sec. 553.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Public funds" includes only funds collected by or through a government.
(2)  "Public servant" means a person who is elected, appointed, employed, or designated, even if not yet qualified for or having assumed the duties of office, as:
(A)  a candidate for nomination or election to public office;  or
(B)  an officer of government.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.