Sec. 666.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Compensation" includes: (A) base salary or wages; (B) longevity or hazardous duty pay; (C) benefit replacement pay; (D) a payment for the balance of vacation and sick leave under Subchapter B , Chapter 661 ; (E) a payment for the accrued balance of vacation time under Subchapter C , Chapter 661 ; and (F) an emolument provided in lieu of base salary or wages. (2) "Indebtedness" means the amount of compensation paid to a state employee that exceeds the amount the employee is eligible to receive under law because at the time the compensation was paid: (A) the employee was ineligible to receive the entire amount paid; or (B) the employee's eligibility to receive the entire amount paid was conditioned on: (i) the occurrence of an event that did not occur; or (ii) the employee's fulfillment of a promise that the employee did not fulfill. (3) "State agency" means a board, commission, council, committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. The term includes: (A) the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; and (B) an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code, other than a public junior or community college. (4) "State employee" means an officer or employee of a state agency. (5) "Successor" means: (A) the estate of a deceased state employee; (B) the surviving spouse of a deceased state employee; or (C) the distributees of the estate of a deceased state employee.
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