Section 175.001 - Applicability(a) In this section, "township" means a special district with territory that only includes a census designated place, as designated by the United States Bureau of the Census. (b) This chapter applies to a person who: (1) retires from: (A) county employment in a county with a population of 75,000 or more; (B) employment by an appraisal district in a county with a population of 75,000 or more; (C) municipal employment in a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more; (D) employment as a firefighter or emergency medical services provider by an emergency services district located wholly or partly in a county with a population of 150,000 or more; or (E) employment as a firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical services provider by a township with a population of 110,000 or more; and (2) is entitled to receive retirement benefits from a county, appraisal district, or municipal retirement plan, emergency services district, or township. Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 175.001
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 787,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 337,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1363, Sec. 2, eff. 6/19/2009.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 174.001 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(38), eff. 9/1/1995.