Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 823.005. ACCEPTANCE OF ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER PLANS. Subject to rules adopted by the board of trustees, the retirement system shall accept an eligible rollover distribution or a direct transfer of funds from another qualified plan in payment of all or a portion o…

Sec. 823.006. LIMITS ON ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the retirement system may limit the purchase of service credit to the extent required by applicable limits on the amount of annual contributions a pa…

Sec. 823.201. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP SERVICE. (a) Membership service is credited in the retirement system for each year in which a member is an employee and for which the member renders sufficient service for credit under Section 823.002 and makes and maintains with the retirement sy…

Sec. 823.203. MEMBERSHIP SERVICE FOR OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. A member may not establish service credit in the retirement system for any period when the member was participating in the optional retirement program under Chapter 830. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1540, Sec…

Sec. 823.301. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Section 823.101(2), military service creditable in the retirement system is active federal duty in the armed forces of the United States, other than as a student at a service academy, that was performed: (1) as …

Sec. 823.302. MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT. (a) An eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for military service performed that is creditable as provided by Section 823.301. (b) A member eligible to establish military service credit is one who has at least…

Sec. 823.303. MILITARY LEAVE CREDIT. A member who performs military service creditable in the retirement system but who does not establish credit for the service by making the deposits required by Section 823.302 is entitled to credit of a year for each year of military service p…

Sec. 823.304. USERRA CREDIT. (a) A person eligible to establish USERRA credit is one who qualifies under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, 38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq., for the benefits of reemployment in a position included within the membe…

Sec. 823.401. OUT-OF-STATE SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for employment with a public school system maintained wholly or partly by another state or territory of the United States or by the …

Sec. 823.402. DEVELOPMENTAL LEAVE. (a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for developmental leave that is creditable in the retirement system. (b) Developmental leave creditable in the retirement system is absence from membership service for a s…

Sec. 823.403. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED PERSONAL OR SICK LEAVE. (a) A member who retires from an employer as defined by Section 821.001(7) based on service or a disability is entitled to membership service credit in the retirement system for the member's state personal or sick leave…

Sec. 823.404. WORK EXPERIENCE BY CAREER OR TECHNOLOGY TEACHER. (a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for one or two years of work experience for which the member is entitled to salary step credit under Section 21.403(b), Education Code. (b) A m…

Sec. 823.406. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION FOR CERTAIN SERVICE. (a) A member may establish membership service credit under this section only for service performed during a 90-day waiting period to become a member after beginning employment. (b) A member may establish service credit und…

Sec. 823.501. CREDIT CANCELED BY MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. (a) An eligible person who has terminated membership in the retirement system by withdrawal of contributions or absence from service may reinstate in the system the service credit canceled by the termination. (b) A person e…