1. (a) The department is the manager of the fund and shall maintain books and records of the fund.
2. (b) The department, as manager, is entitled to compensation for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses for the management of the fund. The department shall be compensated from the earnings from the fund.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 26.049, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.363, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 626 (H.B. 4416), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.