List of Common State Agency Abbreviations
Many state agencies are commonly referred to by the alphabetical abbreviation for the agency's name. When searching the Texas Register and Texas Administrative Code databases, you may find the following list of some of the most common abbreviations and their corresponding agency names and search terms of assistance.
|
Abbreviation
|
Full Agency Name
|
Use This Search Term in
"Agency Name" Field |
|---|---|---|
| CPA | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | %Comptroller% |
| DADS | Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services | %Aging% |
| DARS | Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services | %Rehab% |
| DFPS | Texas Department of Family and Protective Services | %Protective% |
| DIR | Texas Department of Information Resources | %Info% |
| DPS | Texas Department of Public Safety | %Safety% |
| DSHS | Texas Department of State Health Services | %State Health% |
| ERS | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Employees% |
| HHSC | Texas Health and Human Services Commission | %Human% |
| OAG | Office of the Attorney General | %Attorney% |
| OCCC | Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner | %Consumer% |
| PUC | Public Utility Commission of Texas | %Utility% |
| RRC | Railroad Commission of Texas | Railroad% |
| SBEC | State Board for Educator Certification | %Educator% |
| SOAH | State Office of Administrative Hearings | %Hearings% |
| SOS | Office of the Secretary of State | %Secretary% |
| TABC | Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission | %Alcoholic% |
| TCEQ | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | %Env% |
| TCLEOSE | Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education | %Law% |
| TDA | Texas Department of Agriculture | %Agri% |
| TDHCA | Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | %Housing% |
| TDI | Texas Department of Insurance | %Insurance% |
| TDLR | Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation | %Regulation% |
| TEA | Texas Education Agency | %Education Agency% |
| TPWD | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department | %Park% |
| TREC | Texas Real Estate Commission | %Real% |
| TRS | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | %Teacher% |
| TWC | Texas Workforce Commission | %Workforce Comm% |
| TWDB | Texas Water Development Board | %Water Dev% |
| TxDOT | Texas Department of Transportation | %Trans% |
| TYC | Texas Youth Commission | %Youth% |
