State Agencies
Most state agencies are headquartered in Austin. Notable exceptions are the Texas Forest Service and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (which are headquartered in College Station) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (headquartered in both Austin and Huntsville, the latter being the home of the state's execution chamber).
Together the Texas Army and Air National Guards and the Texas State Guard form the Texas Military Forces, under the day-to-day control of the Adjutant General of Texas, but ultimately responsible to the Governor of Texas.
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