2005 Texas Government Code CHAPTER 831. GENERAL PROVISIONS

GOVERNMENT CODE

SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS PLAN ONE

CHAPTER 831. GENERAL PROVISIONS


	§ 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.
		(7)  "Supreme court" means the Supreme Court of Texas.                        

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, § 7, Sept. 1, 1985.  
Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, § 41.001 and 
amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1989.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  
Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, § 41.002 by 
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, § 8, Sept. 1, 1985.  
Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, § 41.003 and 
amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1989.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  
Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, § 41.004 by 
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.