Texas Government Code 831.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 831.001
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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.