Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 180.011. Limitation on Severance Pay for Executive Employees

(1) “Misconduct” means an act or omission by an employee of a political subdivision in the performance of the employee's duties that the governing body of the political subdivision determines to be misconduct. The term includes any finding of criminal conduct.

(2) “Severance pay” means dismissal or separation income paid on termination of the employment of an employee that is in addition to the employee's usual earnings from the employer at the time of termination.

(1) a chief executive officer of a political subdivision other than a school district;

(2) an agency or department head;  or

(3) the superintendent of a school district or the chief executive officer of an open-enrollment charter school.

(1) a requirement that severance pay that is paid from tax revenue may not exceed the amount of compensation, at the rate at the termination of employment, the executive employee would have been paid for 20 weeks, excluding paid time off or accrued vacation leave;  and

(2) a prohibition of the provision of severance pay when the executive employee is terminated for misconduct.