Sec. 1551.011.  EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION.  All benefit payments, contributions of employees and annuitants, and optional benefit payments, any rights, benefits, or payments accruing to a person under this chapter, and all money in a fund created by this chapter:
(1)  are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other process;  and
(2)  may not be assigned, except:
(A)  for direct payment that a participant may assign to a provider of health care services;  and
(B)  as specifically provided by this chapter.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.