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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 666.001. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this chapter:

(1) “Compensation” includes:

(A) base salary or wages;

(B) longevity or hazardous duty pay;

(C) benefit replacement pay;

(D) a payment for the balance of vacation and sick leave under Subchapter B, Chapter 661;  1

(E) a payment for the accrued balance of vacation time under Subchapter C, Chapter 661;  2 and

(F) an emolument provided in lieu of base salary or wages.

(2) “Indebtedness” means the amount of compensation paid to a state employee that exceeds the amount the employee is eligible to receive under law because at the time the compensation was paid:

(A) the employee was ineligible to receive the entire amount paid; or

(B) the employee's eligibility to receive the entire amount paid was conditioned on:

(i) the occurrence of an event that did not occur; or

(ii) the employee's fulfillment of a promise that the employee did not fulfill.

(3) “State agency” means a board, commission, council, committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. The term includes:

(A) the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; and

(B) an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, other than a public junior or community college.

(4) “State employee” means an officer or employee of a state agency.

(5) “Successor” means:

(A) the estate of a deceased state employee;

(B) the surviving spouse of a deceased state employee; or

(C) the distributees of the estate of a deceased state employee.

1 V.T.C.A., Government Code § 661.031 et seq.
2 V.T.C.A., Government Code § 661.061 et seq.
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