Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 834.101. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a base service retirement annuity if the member: (1) is at least 65 years old, currently holds a judicial office, and has at least 10 years of service credited in the retireme…

Sec. 834.102. SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) The base service retirement annuity for a person whose effective date of retirement is: (1) before September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to 50 percent of the state base salary, as adjusted from time to time, being paid in accordance w…

Sec. 834.103. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Instead of a service retirement annuity payable under Section 834.102, a retiring member may elect to receive an optional service retirement annuity, payable throughout the life of the retiree and actuarially reduced, under t…

Sec. 834.301. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY MEMBER. (a) A member who has at least 10 years of service credit in the retirement system may select a death benefit plan for the payment, if the member dies before retirement, of a death benefit annuity to one or more persons desi…

Sec. 834.302. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF MEMBER. (a) If a member eligible to select a death benefit plan under Section 834.301(a) dies without having made a selection or if a selection cannot be made effective, the member's designated beneficiary may select a …

Sec. 834.303. RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, the amount of the member's contributions to the retirement system is payable as a lump-sum death benefit. (b) The benefit provided by this section is payable to a …

Sec. 834.304. RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a person dies after retirement, a lump-sum death benefit is payable in an amount, if any, by which the retiree's contributions to the retirement system on the date of retirement exceed the …

Sec. 834.305. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT. (a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant may not be paid to a person convicted of or adjudicated as having caused that death but instead are payable as if the convict…