Tex. Labor Code Section 504.001
Definitions

In this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

(1)

“Division” means the division of workers’ compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance.

(2)

“Employee” means:

(A)

a person in the service of a political subdivision who has been employed as provided by law; or

(B)

a person for whom optional coverage is provided under Section 504.012 (Optional Coverages) or 504.013 (Coverage for Trustees and Staff of Self-insurance Fund).

(3)

“Political subdivision” means a county, municipality, special district, school district, junior college district, housing authority, community center established under Subchapter A (Definitions), Chapter 534 (Community Services), Health and Safety Code, or any other legally constituted political subdivision of the state.

(4)

“Pool” means two or more political subdivisions collectively self-insuring under an interlocal contract under Chapter 791 (Interlocal Cooperation Contracts), Government Code.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.318, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 9.04, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 504.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­504.­htm#504.­001 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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