Sec. 609.009. TRUST FOR 457 PLAN    


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  • An employee's deferred amounts and investment income under a 457 plan and the qualified investment products in which the amounts are invested are held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 457). For purposes of this section, custodial accounts and contracts described by Section 457 are treated as trusts. A trust does not have to be established before January 1, 1999, for a 457 plan in existence on August 20, 1996.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1048, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.