DEFINITIONS.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 614.001.
in effectIn this subchapter:
(1) "Employer" means the governmental entity that employs or appoints a peace officer or fire fighter or that the peace officer or fire fighter is elected to serve.
(2) "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department who performs a function listed in Section 143.003 (4), Local Government Code, without regard to whether the individual is subject to a civil service system or program.
(3) "Peace officer" means an individual elected, appointed, or employed to serve as a peace officer for a governmental entity under Article 2A.001 , Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.