Section 666.001 - Definitions 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;(E) a payment for the accrued balance of vacation time under Subchapter C, Chapter 661; 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 666.001
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 39, eff. 9/1/2001.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1467, Sec. 1.27, eff. 1/1/2000.