Sec. 609.010. LIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING. (a) The board of trustees, a state agency, a political subdivision, a plan administrator, or an employee of any of those persons is not liable to a participating employee for the diminution in value or loss of all or part of the participating employee's deferred amounts or investment income because of market conditions or the failure, insolvency, or bankruptcy of a qualified vendor.
(b) A participating employee is responsible for monitoring:
(1) the financial status of the qualified vendor in whose products the employee's deferred amounts and investment income are invested;
(2) market conditions; and
(3) the amount of the employee's deferred amounts and investment income that is invested in the qualified vendor's product.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 609 - Deferred Compensation Plans
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 609.002. Qualifications for Qualified Vendor
Section 609.003. Qualified Investment Product
Section 609.004. Permissible Use of Public Funds
Section 609.005. Plan as Compensation
Section 609.006. Conformance to or Conflict With Federal Law
Section 609.007. Contract for Deferment of Compensation
Section 609.008. Crediting Trust Fund Interest
Section 609.009. Trust for 457 Plan
Section 609.010. Liability; Responsibility for Monitoring
Section 609.011. Notification by Plan Administrator
Section 609.012. Transfer From a Plan Vendor
Section 609.013. Inability to Distribute
Section 609.014. Coordination of Plans
Section 609.015. Beneficiary Causing Death of Participating Employee