{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-609.109","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 609.109","heading":"PARTICIPATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.","body":"(a) The plan administrator shall determine whether a person who provides services as an independent contractor to a political subdivision that created the plan may participate in the deferred compensation plan.\n(b) For the purposes of Subchapter A and this subchapter, an independent contractor that is authorized to participate in a deferred compensation plan is treated as an employee of the political subdivision creating the plan.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 609. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS","SUBCHAPTER B. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.609.htm#609.109","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"640dca7aaff77a8afbff75f8a4bf96ada4c6810edb500f24d26e4df244c5cecc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-609.108","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-609.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}