Sec. 609.714.  CONTRACT WITH QUALIFIED VENDOR.  (a)  After a plan administrator approves an application of a vendor to become a qualified vendor, the plan administrator shall execute a written contract with the vendor to participate in the deferred compensation plan.
(b)  A plan administrator shall develop and implement criteria and procedures for evaluating a qualified vendor's investment products to determine whether those products are acceptable as qualified investment products.
(c)  A qualified vendor may offer to employees participating in a 457 plan only qualified investment products.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 2.05, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.