Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 813.102. SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED. (a) A member who has withdrawn contributions and canceled service credit in a class of membership may, if eligible as provided by Section 813.403 or 813.504, reestablish the canceled service credit in the retirement system. (b) A …

Sec. 813.104. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS AND METHODS TO ESTABLISH OR REESTABLISH SERVICE CREDIT. (a) The board of trustees may adopt rules to provide procedures for making installment payments to establish or reestablish credit in the retirement system as alternatives to lump-sum payme…

Sec. 813.106. SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. The state shall make contributions for service not previously established that is established under Section 813.104 in the amount provided by Section 813.202(c) for membership service or the amount provided by Section 813.302(d) f…

Sec. 813.201. CURRENT SERVICE. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, service is credited in the applicable membership class for each month in which a member holds a position and for which the required contributions are made by the member and the state. (b) A member ma…

Sec. 813.202. MEMBERSHIP SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. (a) Except as provided by Section 813.402, any member may establish service credit in the retirement system for membership service not previously established. (b) A member may establish credit under this section by depo…

Sec. 813.301. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Military service creditable in the retirement system is active federal duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. (b) A member may establish one month of service credit for each month or fraction of a month of duty, b…

Sec. 813.302. MILITARY SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. (a) An eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for military service performed that is creditable as provided by Section 813.301. (b) A member eligible to establish military service credit is …

Sec. 813.303. SERVICE CREDITED TO MEMBERSHIP CLASS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 813.304(d), military service is creditable in a class of membership that includes a position held by the member who performed the service after the date of release from active …

Sec. 813.304. USE OF MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT. (a) The retirement system shall use military service credit in computing occupational disability retirement benefits and death benefits and in determining eligibility to select an optional death benefit plan. (b) The retirement system…

Sec. 813.305. MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT GOVERNED BY UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT. The retirement system may adopt rules to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.) and other federal laws …

Sec. 813.401. SERVICE CREDITABLE IN ELECTED CLASS. Service creditable in the elected class of membership is: (1) membership service in an office included in that class; and (2) for members other than cash balance group members: (A) military service established as provided by Subc…

Sec. 813.402. CREDIT FOR YEAR IN WHICH ELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE. (a) A member may establish service credit in the elected class for any calendar year during any part of which: (1) the member held an office included in that class; or (2) the member was eligible to take the oath for an …

Sec. 813.403. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED. A member may, under Section 813.102(b), reestablish service credit previously canceled if the member, after cancellation of the credit, takes an oath of office for a position included in the elected class. Acts 198…

Sec. 813.404. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. For each month of membership, military, or equivalent membership service not previously credited in the retirement system, a member claiming credit in the elected class shall pay a contribution in an amount equal…

Sec. 813.501. SERVICE CREDITABLE IN EMPLOYEE CLASS. Service creditable in the employee class of membership is: (1) membership service in a position included in that class; (2) military service established as provided by Subchapter D; (3) service creditable in or transferred from …

Sec. 813.502. ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD SERVICE. (a) A member who established during December, 1977, service credit for administrative board service performed during that month, may: (1) remain a contributing member of the retirement system accruing service credit in the employee clas…

Sec. 813.503. CREDIT TRANSFERABLE BETWEEN ELECTED AND EMPLOYEE CLASS. (a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), a member may establish in, or have transferred to, the employee class all service credited in the elected class, if the contributions made to establish the service in the electe…

Sec. 813.504. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED. A person may reestablish service credit previously canceled in the retirement system if the person is a member of the employee class and at least six months have elapsed since the end of the month in which the canc…

Sec. 813.505. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. (a) A member claiming credit in the employee class for membership service not previously established shall, for each month of the service, pay a contribution in an amount equal to the greater of: (1) the appropri…

Sec. 813.506. CUSTODIAL OFFICER SERVICE. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the managed health care unit of The University of Texas Medical Branch, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center by rule shall adopt standards for determining eligibility for servic…

Sec. 813.509. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED SICK LEAVE. (a) A member who holds a position included in the employee class of membership during the month that includes the effective date of the member's retirement and who retires based on service or a disability is entitled to service cre…

Sec. 813.511. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED ANNUAL LEAVE. (a) A member who holds a position included in the employee class of membership during the month that includes the effective date of the member's retirement and who retires based on service or a disability is entitled to service c…

Sec. 813.513. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION. (a) An eligible member may establish not more than 36 months of equivalent membership service credit, including law enforcement or custodial officer service, in either the elected class or the employee class. (b) A member is eligible to estab…

Sec. 813.514. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION FOR CERTAIN SERVICE. (a) This section applies only to a member who became a member before September 1, 2015. (a-1) A member may establish service credit under this section in the employee class only for service performed during a 90-day waitin…