Benefits are not assignable, except a legal beneficiary may, with the commissioner's approval, assign the right to death benefits.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.131, eff. September 1, 2005.