Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 606.101. COVERAGE. Subchapter B applies to a state employee or officer who is paid entirely from federal funds but is classified as a state employee by the federal government. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 607.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter, "public safety employee" means a peace officer, fire fighter, detention officer, county jailer, or emergency medical services employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state. (b) In this subchapter: (1) "Death invest…

Sec. 607.002. REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A public safety employee or death investigation professional who is exposed to a contagious disease is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable medical expenses incurred in treatment for the prevention of the disease if: (1) the disease is not an …

Sec. 607.003. PHYSICIAN OF CHOICE. A public safety employee or death investigation professional who is exposed to a disease described by Section 607.002 is entitled to be treated for the prevention of that disease by the physician of the employee's or professional's choice. Added…

Sec. 607.004. PREVENTATIVE IMMUNIZATIONS AND VACCINATIONS. (a) A certified fire fighter, peace officer, or other governmental employee who operates an ambulance or who responds to emergency medical calls is entitled to preventative immunization for any disease to which the fire f…

Sec. 607.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Custodial officer" means a person who is employed by the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a parole officer or caseworker or who is employed by the correctional institutions division of …

Sec. 607.052. APPLICABILITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, this subchapter applies only to a detention officer, custodial officer, firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who: (1) on becoming employed or during employment as a detention officer, custodial…

Sec. 607.053. IMMUNIZATION; SMALLPOX. (a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician is presumed to have suffered a disability or death during the course and scope of employment if the firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician: (1) received pr…

Sec. 607.054. TUBERCULOSIS OR OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. (a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who suffers from tuberculosis, or any other disease or illness of the lungs or respiratory tract that has a statistically positive correlation with service a…

Sec. 607.055. CANCER. (a) A firefighter or emergency medical technician who suffers from cancer resulting in death or total or partial disability is presumed to have developed the cancer during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter or emergency medical technician if…

Sec. 607.056. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR STROKE. (a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who suffers an acute myocardial infarction or stroke resulting in disability or death is presumed to have suffered the disability or death during the course and …

Sec. 607.057. EFFECT OF PRESUMPTION. Except as provided by Section 607.052(b), a presumption established under this subchapter applies to a determination of whether a detention officer's, custodial officer's, firefighter's, peace officer's, or emergency medical technician's disab…

Sec. 607.058. PRESUMPTION REBUTTABLE. (a) A presumption under Section 607.053, 607.054, 607.0545, 607.055, or 607.056 may be rebutted through a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that a risk factor, accident, hazard, or other cause not associated with the individual's ser…

Sec. 607.059. PROHIBITED PAYMENT. No payment shall be made to the subsequent injury fund under Section 403.007, Labor Code, for any death resulting from a disease or illness presumed to have been contracted in the course and scope of employment under this subchapter. Added by Act…

Sec. 607.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Emergency medical technician" means an individual who is certified as an emergency medical technician by the Department of State Health Services as provided by Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who is a full-time employee…

Sec. 607.102. NOTIFICATION. An emergency response employee or volunteer, as defined by Section 81.003, Health and Safety Code, who is exposed to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or a disease caused by a select agent or toxin identified or listed under 42 C.F.R. Section…

Sec. 607.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Consumer price index" means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor in …

Sec. 607.152. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from a fire department or law enforcement agency with at least 50 firefighters or peace officers, respectively. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (H.B.…

Sec. 607.153. BENEFITS FOR CANCER, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OR STROKE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a political subdivision shall provide to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from the political subdivision a critical-illness supplemental income benefit o…

Sec. 608.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Department administrator" means the chief administrator of a department of state government of which an individual executing an authorization is an officer or employee. (2) "Disbursing officer" means the disbursing officer of a pol…

Sec. 608.002. AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYROLL DEDUCTION. (a) An officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision may voluntarily authorize the individual's department administrator or disbursing officer, as appropriate, to deduct from the individual's compensation an amo…

Sec. 608.003. WITHHOLDING; DEDUCTION FROM PAYROLL. (a) A department administrator or disbursing agent, as appropriate, may withhold the amount authorized under Section 608.002 from an individual's compensation each payday. (b) If a withholding is made, the department administrato…

Sec. 608.005. PAYMENT TO DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR OR DISBURSING OFFICER. (a) When the payroll of a state department is presented to the comptroller for payment, the comptroller shall pay to the department administrator the full amount deducted from the department's payroll for th…

Sec. 608.006. FORM OF PAYROLL. (a) The comptroller shall prescribe the proper form of payroll for state officers and employees to comply with this chapter. (b) A disbursing officer shall prescribe the proper form of payroll for officers and employees of the disbursing officer's p…

Sec. 608.007. TRUST ACCOUNT. (a) A department administrator shall deposit money received under Section 608.005(a) with the comptroller to be held in trust by the comptroller until disbursed by the department administrator to purchase savings bonds for an individual designated in …

Sec. 608.008. PURCHASE OF SAVINGS BONDS. (a) A department administrator and a disbursing officer shall use money deducted and held in trust under this chapter to purchase savings bonds on behalf of an individual who has executed an authorization under Section 608.002, in the deno…

Sec. 608.009. RECORDS. A department administrator and disbursing officer shall keep records at all times, itemizing money deducted and disbursed by the department administrator or disbursing officer under this chapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,…

Sec. 608.010. TERMINATION OF DEDUCTION. (a) A department administrator or disbursing officer shall stop deducting money under this chapter from the compensation of an officer or employee if: (1) the individual stops being an officer or employee of the department or political subd…

Sec. 608.011. NO LIABILITY ON OFFICIAL BOND. A department administrator or disbursing officer is not liable on a bond required of the individual as an official because of a duty imposed on the individual by this chapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. …

Sec. 609.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. (2) "Employee" means an individual who is an officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision, as appropriate. (2-a) "Institu…

Sec. 609.002. QUALIFICATIONS FOR QUALIFIED VENDOR. A vendor may be a qualified vendor for a 457 plan or a 401(k) plan created by a political subdivision, group of political subdivisions, an institution of higher education, or a group of institutions of higher education only if th…

Sec. 609.003. QUALIFIED INVESTMENT PRODUCT. (a) To be classified as a qualified investment product for a deferred compensation plan, an investment product must be approved by the plan administrator to receive investments under the plan. The approval of an investment product for a…

Sec. 609.004. PERMISSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. A deferred compensation plan governed by this chapter is a permissible use of the funds of a state agency or political subdivision. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 609.005. PLAN AS COMPENSATION. (a) A deferred compensation plan is a part of an employee's compensation and is in addition to a retirement, pension, or benefit system established by law. (b) The deferral of compensation does not reduce retirement, pension, or other benefits …

Sec. 609.006. CONFORMANCE TO OR CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL LAW. (a) A deferred compensation plan must conform to federal law to provide that deferred amounts and investment income are not includable, for federal income tax purposes, in the gross income of a participating employee unti…

Sec. 609.007. CONTRACT FOR DEFERMENT OF COMPENSATION. (a) A political subdivision may contract with an employee of the political subdivision for the deferment of any part of the employee's compensation. (b) The board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas may con…

Sec. 609.008. CREDITING TRUST FUND INTEREST. Interest earned on an employee's deferred amounts and investment income deposited in any of the deferred compensation trust funds, as defined by Section 609.101, or to which Section 609.512 applies is credited to the employee. Added by…

Sec. 609.009. TRUST FOR 457 PLAN. An employee's deferred amounts and investment income under a 457 plan and the qualified investment products in which the amounts are invested are held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with S…

Sec. 609.010. LIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING. (a) The board of trustees, a state agency, a political subdivision, a plan administrator, or an employee of any of those persons is not liable to a participating employee for the diminution in value or loss of all or part of…

Sec. 609.011. NOTIFICATION BY PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The plan administrator of a plan established under this chapter may notify an employee participating in the plan that the administrator believes that: (1) a qualified vendor is having significant financial difficulties; or (2)…

Sec. 609.012. TRANSFER FROM A PLAN VENDOR. The plan administrator of a plan established under this chapter may immediately transfer to the plan's deferred compensation trust fund all deferred amounts and investment income from a vendor who at any time fails to satisfy the require…

Sec. 609.013. INABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE. If a plan administrator cannot distribute promptly an employee's deferred amounts and investment income when a distribution is due and permissible under federal law, the plan administrator shall deposit the amount to be distributed in the de…

Sec. 609.014. COORDINATION OF PLANS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, participating in a group benefits program under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, may participate under this cha…

Sec. 609.015. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE. (a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a participating employee may not be paid to a person convicted of or adjudicated as having caused that death but instead are payable as if the c…

Sec. 609.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Deferred compensation plan" means a plan established under this subchapter. (2) "Deferred compensation trust fund" means the fund in which deferred amounts and investment income of participating employees are temporarily held. (…

Sec. 609.102. CREATION OF PLAN. (a) A political subdivision may create and administer for its employees a 401(k) plan under this subchapter. (b) A political subdivision may create and administer for its employees a 457 plan under this subchapter. (c) A political subdivision may c…