CHAPTER 831. GENERAL PROVISIONS
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS PLAN ONE
CHAPTER 831. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 831.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle:
(1) "Annuity" means an amount of money payable in monthly
installments for life or for another period as provided by this
subtitle.
(2) "Board of trustees" means the entity given responsibility
under Section 835.001 for the administration of the retirement
system.
(3) "Judicial officer" means a person who presides over a court
or a commission to a court named in Section 832.001 and who has
never been a member of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas
Plan Two.
(4) "Retiree" means a person who receives an annuity based on
service that was credited to the person.
(5) "Retirement system" means the Judicial Retirement System of
Texas Plan One or, as to periods before September 1, 1985, the
Judicial Retirement System of Texas.
(6) "Service credit" means the amount of membership, military,
and equivalent membership service ascribed by the retirement
system to a person and for which the person has made required
contributions.
(6-a) "State salary" does not include the amount of any
longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445.
(7) "Supreme court" means the Supreme Court of Texas.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 7, Sept. 1,
1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec.
41.001 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1328, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 831.002. PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE. The purpose of this subtitle
is to establish a program of benefits for members, retirees, and
other beneficiaries of the retirement system and to establish
rules for the management and operation of the retirement system.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec.
41.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1989.
Sec. 831.003. RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The retirement system is an
entity of the state. The Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan
One is the name by which all business of the retirement system
shall be transacted and all its property held. Unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, a reference in law to the Judicial
Retirement System of Texas is a reference to the Judicial
Retirement System of Texas Plan One.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 8, Sept. 1,
1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec.
41.003 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 831.004. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION. All annuity and other
benefit payments from the retirement system, contribution
refunds, and rights accrued or accruing under this subtitle to
any person are exempt from garnishment, attachment, state and
local taxation, levy, sale, and any other process, and are
unassignable.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec.
41.004 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1989.