Texas § GV.801.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ GV.801.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the State Pension Review Board. (1-a) "Governing body of a public retirement system" has the meaning assigned by Section 802.001 . (2) "Public retirement system" means a continuing, organized program of service retirement, disability retirement, or death benefits for officers or employees of the state or a political subdivision, or of an agency or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision, and includes the optional retirement program governed by Chapter 830 , but does not include: (A) a program, other than the optional retirement program, for which benefits are administered by a life insurance company; (B) a program providing only workers' compensation benefits; (C) a program administered by the federal government; (D) an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity within the meaning of Section 408, or a retirement bond within the meaning of Section 409, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 409); (E) a plan described by Section 401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 401); (F) an individual account plan consisting of an annuity contract described by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 403); or (G) an eligible state deferred compensation plan described by Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 457). (3) "System administrator" means a person designated by the governing body of a public retirement system to supervise the day-to-day affairs of the public retirement system. (4) "Trustee" means a member of the governing body of a public retirement system. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 11.001 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 140 (H.B. 13 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2013. SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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