Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary

Sec. 844.406. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY. When a member or retiree and the spouse or beneficiary of the member or retiree have died within a period of less than 120 hours of each other, the member or retiree is considered to have survived the spouse or beneficiary for the purpose of determining the rights to amounts payable under this subtitle on the death of the member or retiree. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.