Sec. 119.007. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) In this section, "state agency" includes: (1) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government; and (2) a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code. (b) A state agency may request the attorney general to represent the state agency in a legal proceeding that arises from an escape or migration of carbon dioxide captured or sequestered in connection with a clean coal project. (c) If the attorney general declines to represent the state agency, the state agency may obtain outside counsel in accordance with Section 402.0212 , Government Code, and for purposes of that section, the attorney general's declination to represent the agency constitutes the attorney general's approval of the outside counsel for the matter.
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