Any Consultant, Agent, Financial Advisor, or Financial Services Provider doing business with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), or Broker approved to do business with TRS, must comply with TRS' Code of Ethics for Contractors (the Code of Ethics). The Board of Trustees of TRS (the board) adopts by reference the Code of Ethics as most recently revised to be effective September 17, 2010. Capitalized words appearing in this section have the same meaning assigned to them in the Code of Ethics. A copy of the most recently revised Code of Ethics has been filed with the Office of the Secretary of State in Austin. Copies of the Code of Ethics are available from TRS at 1000 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2698, (512) 542-6400. Also, a copy of the Code of Ethics can be found on and printed from the TRS website, www.trs.state.tx.us, in the information regarding TRS Ethics.

Source Note:The provisions of this §23.7 adopted to be effective January 11, 1995, 19 TexReg 10552; amended to be effective June 6, 1999, 24 TexReg 4246; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2091; amended to be effective April 29, 2004, 29 TexReg 3967; amended to be effective March 8, 2007, 32 TexReg 1078; amended to be effective March 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 1827.