Section 661.032 - Applicability of Subchapter(a) This subchapter applies only to a state employee who, at any time during the employee's lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state employment. State employment is continuous while the employee is entitled to be paid a regular salary, except that the continuity of state employment is not interrupted while the employee is on a leave of absence without pay for less than one calendar month.(b) The estates of the following are not entitled to payments under this subchapter: (1) an individual employed on a piecework basis;(2) an individual who holds an office that is normally filled by vote of the people;(3) an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor;(4) an operator of equipment or a driver of a team whose wages are included in the rental paid by a state agency to the owner of the equipment or team; or(5) an individual covered by: (A) the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One;(B) the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two; or(C) the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, other than an individual described by Section 661.031(2)(C) or (D).Tex. Gov't. Code § 661.032
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.18, eff. 9/1/1995.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.