Tex.
Gov't Code Section 666.001
Definitions
(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 (Definitions), Chapter 661 (Leave);(E)
a payment for the accrued balance of vacation time under Subchapter C (Definitions), Chapter 661 (Leave); 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 (Definitions), 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.
Source:
Section 666.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.666.htm#666.001 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
