# Tex. Government Code § 801.001: DEFINITIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.001

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Government Code § 801.001
- **Heading:** DEFINITIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 801 / Section 801.001

## Text

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.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Government Code § 801.001 § 801.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.001.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.101 § 801.101. PENSION REVIEW BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.101.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.102 § 801.102. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.102.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.103 § 801.103. MEMBERS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.103.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.106 § 801.106. TERMS OF OFFICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.106.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.107 § 801.107. SUNSET PROVISION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.107.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.108 § 801.108. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.108.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.109 § 801.109. MEETINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.109.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.110 § 801.110. PRESIDING OFFICERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.110.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.111 § 801.111. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; EMPLOYEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.111.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.112 § 801.112. FINANCES AND EQUIPMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.112.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.113 § 801.113. FUND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.113.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.114 § 801.114. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.114.md)
- [Tex. Government Code § 801.201 § 801.201. RULEMAKING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cgv_C801_S801.201.md)

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