DEFINITIONS.
Tex. LABOR Code § 504.001.
in effectIn this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
(1) "Division" means the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance.
(2) "Employee" means:
(A) a person in the service of a political subdivision who has been employed as provided by law; or
(B) a person for whom optional coverage is provided under Section 504.012 or 504.013 .
(3) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district, school district, junior college district, housing authority, community center established under Subchapter A , Chapter 534 , Health and Safety Code, or any other legally constituted political subdivision of the state.
(4) "Pool" means two or more political subdivisions collectively self-insuring under an interlocal contract under Chapter 791 , Government Code.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.