Sec. 1551.011. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION  


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  • All benefit payments, contributions of employees and annuitants, and optional benefit payments, any rights, benefits, or payments accruing to a person under this chapter, and all money in a fund created by this chapter:

    (1) are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other process; and

    (2) may not be assigned, except:

    (A) for direct payment that a participant may assign to a provider of health care services; and

    (B) as specifically provided by this chapter.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.