Sec. 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.

(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.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (S.B. 1519), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.