Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 825.515. INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBER POSITIONS. (a) At least annually, the retirement system shall acquire and maintain records identifying members and specifying the types of positions they hold as members. Employers shall provide to the retirement system information specifyin…

Sec. 825.516. NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION DUES. (a) A retiree who is receiving an annuity from the retirement system may request the system to withhold from the retiree's monthly annuity payment membership dues for a nonprofit association of retired school employees in this state, if t…

Sec. 825.517. EXCESS BENEFIT ARRANGEMENT. (a) A separate, nonqualified, unfunded excess benefit arrangement is created outside the trust fund of the retirement system. This excess benefit arrangement shall be administered as a governmental excess benefit arrangement under Section…

Sec. 825.519. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION. (a) The retirement system may provide confidential information electronically to members or other participants or employers and receive information electronically from those persons, including by use of an electronic signature or certificatio…

Sec. 825.520. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. The trustees, executive director, and employees of the retirement system are not liable for any action taken or omission made or suffered by them in good faith in the performance of any duty in connection with any program or system administe…

Sec. 825.521. DEADLINE TO APPEAL ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION. In adopting rules governing an appeal authorized by law or rule of a determination or decision of the retirement system by the system's staff, including a final administrative decision of the system, the board of trustees …

Sec. 825.601. OUTREACH PLAN. (a) The board of trustees shall develop and adopt an outreach plan designed to assist each member of the system, and as appropriate the members' employers, in effectively planning for the member's retirement. The plan must require the retirement syste…

Sec. 825.602. RETIREMENT BENEFITS COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS. (a) To the extent feasible, the retirement system shall make retirement benefits counseling for individual members available in conjunction with informational or educational programs concerning retirement planning that…

Sec. 825.604. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO MEMBERS. The retirement system shall regularly provide information in an electronic format to members and retirees regarding the tutoring program established under Section 33.913, Education Code, that includes: (1) general information regardi…

Sec. 830.001. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a complete retirement program for faculty members employed in state-supported institutions of higher education as an incentive that will attract high quality faculties and thereby improve the level of e…

Sec. 830.0011. DEFINITION. Notwithstanding Section 821.001, in this chapter "retirement system" means the Teacher Retirement System of Texas or the Employees Retirement System of Texas, as the context requires. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 33, eff. Aug. 28. 1995.

Sec. 830.002. OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. (a) The optional retirement program established as provided by this subtitle shall provide for contributions to any type of investment authorized by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 403), as it exist…

Sec. 830.003. APPLICATION. In this chapter, the term "institution of higher education" includes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas State Technical College System, and the institutions defined in Section 821.001(10), but excludes the Rodent and Predatory Anim…

Sec. 830.004. ADMINISTRATION. (a) A governing board may provide for contributions to any type of investment authorized by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 403), as it existed on January 1, 1981, and may arrange the purchase of annuity contrac…

Sec. 830.005. EXEMPTION FROM TAXES. If qualified to do business in this state, a life insurance or annuity company is exempt from the payment of franchise or premium taxes on annuity or group insurance policies issued under a benefit program authorized and at least partly paid fo…

Sec. 830.006. REPORTS FROM INSTITUTIONS. (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education, other than the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall annually submit a report to the coordinating board that includes information concerning the number of particip…

Sec. 830.101. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall provide an opportunity to participate in the optional retirement program to all faculty members in the component institutions governed by the board. The State Board of …

Sec. 830.102. OPTION TO PARTICIPATE. (a) A member of the retirement system who is eligible to participate in the optional retirement program may elect to continue as a member of the retirement system or to participate in the optional retirement program. (b) A person eligible to p…

Sec. 830.103. EFFECT OF TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT STATUS. (a) An institution of higher education shall accept the transfer of a participant's optional retirement program from another institution of higher education or from the Texas Education Agency. The Texas Education…

Sec. 830.104. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. (a) A person who is a participant in the optional retirement program may withdraw accumulated contributions from the retirement system. (b) An application to withdraw contributions under this section must be in w…

Sec. 830.105. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION. (a) A person terminates participation in the optional retirement program, without losing any accrued benefits, by: (1) death; (2) retirement; or (3) termination of employment in all institutions of higher education. (b) A change of comp…

Sec. 830.106. ELIGIBILITY FOR RESUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP. A participant in the optional retirement program is not eligible for membership in the retirement system unless the person: (1) terminates employment covered by the optional retirement program; and (2) becomes employed in th…

Sec. 830.107. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES. (a) A participant in the optional retirement program may authorize the payment of investment advisory fees from the amount in the participant's custodial account or annuity if: (1) the investment advisory fees for each fiscal year do not ex…

Sec. 830.108. CORRECTION OF CERTAIN REPORTING ERRORS. (a) For purposes of this section, an employer submits a member contribution to the retirement system on behalf of a person in error if the person: (1) previously elected to participate in the optional retirement program; (2) p…

Sec. 830.201. CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Each fiscal year the state shall contribute to the optional retirement program an amount equal to 8-1/2 percent of the aggregate annual compensation of all participants in the program during that year. A participant in the optional retirement prog…

Sec. 830.2015. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) Each fiscal year, the governing board of an institution of higher education may make a contribution to the optional retirement program as provided by this section. The governing board may use any…

Sec. 830.202. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The contributions of participants in the optional retirement program shall be made by salary reduction pursuant to an agreement made under Section 830.204. (b) The comptroller of public accounts shall pay the state's…

Sec. 830.203. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NONEDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL FUNDS. (a) In this section: (1) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. (2) "Medical and dental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, …

Sec. 830.204. SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT. (a) A participant in the optional retirement program and either the employing institution of higher education or, as applicable, the Texas Education Agency, acting through its governing board, shall execute an agreement under which the sa…

Sec. 830.205. BENEFITS. Benefits in the optional retirement program vest in a participant after one year of participation in one or more optional retirement plans operating under this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Ver…

Sec. 831.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Annuity" means an amount of money payable in monthly installments for life or for another period as provided by this subtitle. (2) "Board of trustees" means the entity given responsibility under Section 835.001 for the administrat…

Sec. 831.002. PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE. The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a program of benefits for members, retirees, and other beneficiaries of the retirement system and to establish rules for the management and operation of the retirement system. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p.…

Sec. 831.003. RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The retirement system is an entity of the state. The Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One is the name by which all business of the retirement system shall be transacted and all its property held. Unless the context clearly indicates otherw…

Sec. 831.004. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION. All annuity and other benefit payments from the retirement system, contribution refunds, and rights accrued or accruing under this subtitle to any person are exempt from garnishment, attachment, state and local taxation, levy, sale, and any…

Sec. 832.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), membership in the retirement system is limited to persons who have never been eligible for membership in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two and who, before the date the Judicial Reti…

Sec. 832.002. MEMBERSHIP FEE. (a) Each member of the retirement system annually shall pay the system a membership fee of $10. A contributing member shall pay the fee with the member's first contribution to the retirement system in each fiscal year in the manner provided by Sectio…

Sec. 832.003. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. A person terminates membership in the retirement system by: (1) death; (2) retirement based on service credited in the retirement system; or (3) withdrawal of the person's contributions to the retirement system. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 18…

Sec. 832.004. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) If a member resigns a judicial office or otherwise ceases to be a judicial officer, the member may withdraw all of the member's contributions to the retirement system. (b) A withdrawal of contributions cancels the person's service cr…

Sec. 832.101. INELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP. A retiree who makes an election under Subchapter C of Chapter 74 may not rejoin the retirement system or receive credit in the retirement system for the period of an appointment or for any service performed under assignment. Acts 1981, …

Sec. 832.102. RESUMPTION OF FULL-TIME JUDICIAL SERVICE. (a) A retiree who resumes service as a judicial officer other than by appointment or assignment described in Section 832.101 may not rejoin or receive credit in the retirement system for the resumed service. (b) The retireme…

Sec. 833.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. The types of service creditable in the retirement system are: (1) membership service; (2) military service; and (3) equivalent membership service. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon…

Sec. 833.101. CURRENT SERVICE. Membership service is credited in the retirement system for each month in which a member holds a judicial office and for which the member makes the required contribution. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered…

Sec. 833.102. SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED. If a person who has withdrawn contributions to the retirement system and canceled service credit under Section 832.004 subsequently rejoins the retirement system, the member may not become eligible for retirement benefits from the…

Sec. 833.103. MILITARY SERVICE. (a) An eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for military service performed that is creditable in the retirement system. (b) A member eligible to establish military service credit is one who: (1) currently contribute…

Sec. 833.1031. 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. 833.1035. SERVICE IN EXCESS OF 20 YEARS. (a) Subject to the limitation on the amount of a retirement annuity under Section 834.102(c), an eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for service in excess of 20 years performed before September 1, 200…