Title GV, Government Code

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…

Sec. 814.001. TYPES OF BENEFITS. The types of benefits payable by the retirement system are: (1) service retirement benefits; (2) occupational disability retirement benefits; (3) nonoccupational disability retirement benefits; and (4) death benefits. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876…

Sec. 814.002. BENEFITS FROM BOTH MEMBERSHIP CLASSES. (a) If a member has service credit in both classes of membership, is eligible to retire from one class, and does not hold a position included in the other class, the member may retire from both classes and receive benefits base…

Sec. 814.003. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT. (a) The effective date of a member's service retirement is the date the member designates at the time the member applies for retirement as provided by Section 814.101, but the date must be the last day of a calendar month. (b) If a pers…

Sec. 814.004. WHEN BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE. A monthly annuity payable to a retiree or beneficiary is payable to that person through the month in which the person dies. A continuation of an optional annuity or the payment of a death or survivor benefit annuity begins with payment for…

Sec. 814.005. WAIVER OF BENEFITS. (a) A person may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system, waive all or a portion of any benefits from the retirement system to which the person is entitled. The retirement system also shall give effect as a waiver to a full …

Sec. 814.006. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY. When a member or annuitant and the beneficiary of the member or annuitant have died within a period of less than 120 hours, the member or annuitant is considered to have survived the beneficiary for the purpose of determ…

Sec. 814.007. 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…

Sec. 814.008. CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT. (a) A retiree receiving an optional service or disability retirement annuity approved by the board of trustees or described by Section 814.108(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) or receiving an optional cash balance annuity described by…

Sec. 814.009. DEDUCTION FROM ANNUITY FOR STATE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION. (a) A person who receives an annuity under this subtitle may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system, authorize the retirement system to deduct from the person's monthly annuity payment th…

Sec. 814.0095. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FROM ANNUITY. (a) Except as provided by Section 814.0096(c), a person who receives an annuity under this subtitle may, on a printed or electronic form filed with the retirement system, authorize the retirement system to deduct from the person's…

Sec. 814.0096. COORDINATION WITH STATE EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN POLICY COMMITTEE. (a) The board of trustees and the state employee charitable campaign policy committee established under Section 659.140 shall coordinate responsibility for the administration of charitable deduc…

Sec. 814.010. ELECTRONIC FILING OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. (a) In this section, "electronic filing" means the filing of data in the form of digital electronic signals transformed by computer and stored on magnetic tape, optical disks, or any other medium. (b) A person entitled t…

Sec. 814.011. LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF ANNUITIES. The retirement system may elect to make a lump-sum payment to a retiree or beneficiary in lieu of annuity payments if the actuarial present value of the annuity at the time of retirement or death does not exceed $20,000. Payme…

Sec. 814.012. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED BENEFICIARY BENEFITS. If, as of the fourth anniversary of the death of a member or annuitant, the retirement system has not paid benefits and a claim for benefits is not pending with the retirement system based on the death of the member or …

Sec. 814.1005. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO CASH BALANCE GROUP MEMBERS. This subchapter does not apply to a cash balance group member. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 321), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.

Sec. 814.101. APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) A member may apply for a service retirement annuity by filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees. (b) An application for a service retirement annuity may not be made: (1) after the date the membe…

Sec. 814.102. ELIGIBILITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. Except as provided by rule adopted under Section 813.304(d) or Section 803.202(a)(2), a member who has service credit in the elected class of membership, is eligible to retire and receive a service retirement an…

Sec. 814.103. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR ELECTED CLASS SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b) and subject to Subsection (a-2), the standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number…

Sec. 814.104. ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBER FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e) of this section, Section 814.102, or by rule adopted under Section 813.304(d) or 803.202(a)(2), a member who has service credit in the retirement system is eligible to re…

Sec. 814.105. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE CLASS SERVICE. (a) The standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the employee class of membership is an amount computed as the member's average monthly compensation for service in that class for the 60 highe…

Sec. 814.107. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS. (a) A member who has at least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer is eligible to retire regardless of age and receive a standard service retirement annuity in an amount and to b…

Sec. 814.108. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) Instead of the standard service retirement annuity payable under Section 814.103 or 814.105, the standard combined service retirement annuity payable under Section 814.107, or an annuity actuarially reduced because of age un…

Sec. 814.1081. CHANGE IN ANNUITY SELECTION. (a) A person who retired and selected an optional service retirement annuity described by Section 814.108(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) may change the optional annuity selection to the selection of a standard service retirement annuity if: (…

Sec. 814.1082. PARTIAL LUMP-SUM OPTION. (a) A member who is eligible for an unreduced service retirement annuity may select a standard retirement annuity or an optional retirement annuity described by Section 814.108 together with a partial lump-sum distribution. (b) The amount o…

Sec. 814.110. INCREASING ANNUITY OPTION. (a) A member who is eligible for a service retirement annuity not reduced because of age may select a standard retirement annuity or an optional service retirement annuity described by Section 814.108 together with the option for an increa…

Sec. 814.201. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) A member may apply for a disability retirement annuity by: (1) filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees; or (2) having an application filed with the board by the member's spouse, employer, or…

Sec. 814.202. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT. (a) A member who was contributing to the retirement system at the time the member became permanently disabled for the further performance of duty is eligible to retire for a nonoccupational disability if the member has at least…

Sec. 814.203. CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY. (a) As soon as practicable after an application for disability retirement is filed, the medical board shall evaluate the medical and other pertinent information regarding the member's application. If the medical board finds that the memb…

Sec. 814.204. INFORMATION ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY. (a) A member who applies for retirement for an occupational disability shall furnish the retirement system all information and other data requested by the retirement system and relating to the disability. (b) The retirement…

Sec. 814.205. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR ELECTED CLASS SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a disability retirement annuity for service credited in the elected class of membership is an amount computed in the same manner as the standard service retirement an…

Sec. 814.2055. AVERAGE MONTHLY COMPENSATION. For purposes of Sections 814.206 and 814.207, "average monthly compensation" means: (1) a member's average monthly compensation for service in the employee class for the 36 highest months of compensation; or (2) a member's average mont…

Sec. 814.206. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE CLASS SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 814.207, a standard disability retirement annuity for service credited in the employee class of membership is an amount computed at the rate of 2.3 percen…

Sec. 814.207. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS. (a) An annuity payable for an occupational disability resulting from a risk to which law enforcement or custodial officers are exposed because of the nature of law enforcement or custodial duties is payable …

Sec. 814.208. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE. (a) Once each year during the first five years after a member retires for disability, and once in each three-year period after that, the retirement system may require a disability retiree to undergo a medical examination. (…

Sec. 814.210. RESTORATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO ACTIVE SERVICE. (a) If a retiree who is receiving a disability retirement annuity returns to state service or if the retiree is found to be no longer incapacitated for the further performance of duty, the person must again become…

Sec. 814.211. REFUND AT ANNUITY DISCONTINUANCE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued, the member is entitled to a lump-sum payment from the retirement annuity reserve account in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the …

Sec. 814.301. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY MEMBER. (a) A contributing member who has at least 10 years of service credit in the elected or employee class of membership may select a death benefit plan for the payment, if the member dies while the member is eligible to select…

Sec. 814.302. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF MEMBER. (a) If a contributing member eligible to select a death benefit plan under Section 814.301 dies without having made a selection, or if a selection cannot be made effective, the member's designated beneficiary ma…

Sec. 814.304. ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF ELECTED MEMBER. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a member who has at least eight years of service credit in the elected class of membership dies, a death benefit annuity is payable in an amount computed at the rate of one…

Sec. 814.305. ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CUSTODIAL OFFICER. If a member who has at least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer dies, the amount of the death benefit annuity payable for the member's service as a law enforcement or cus…