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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 854.001. Types of Benefits - Sec. 854.001. TYPES OF BENEFITS. The types of benefits payable...
Section 854.002. Composition of Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.002. COMPOSITION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Each retirement annuity...
Section 854.003. Effective Date of Retirement - Sec. 854.003. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT. (a) Except as provided...
Section 854.004. When Annuity Is Payable; Changes Before First Payment - Sec. 854.004. WHEN ANNUITY IS PAYABLE; CHANGES BEFORE FIRST PAYMENT....
Section 854.005. Reduction of Annuity Payments on Request - Sec. 854.005. REDUCTION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS ON REQUEST. (a) An...
Section 854.006. Change of Beneficiary or Division of Benefit for Certain Persons Receiving Monthly Benefits - Sec. 854.006. CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY OR DIVISION OF BENEFIT FOR...
Section 854.007. Limitation on Payment of Benefits - Sec. 854.007. LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. If the amount...
Section 854.008. Partial Lump-Sum Distribution on Retirement - Sec. 854.008. PARTIAL LUMP-SUM DISTRIBUTION ON RETIREMENT. (a) A member...
Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits
Section 854.101. Application for Service Retirement - Sec. 854.101. APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. A member may apply...
Section 854.102. Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member...
Section 854.103. Standard Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.103. STANDARD SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) The standard service...
Section 854.104. Optional Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.104. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Instead of the...
Section 854.105. Selection of Optional Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.105. SELECTION OF OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A...
Section 854.106. No Surviving Spouse, Executor, or Administrator - Sec. 854.106. NO SURVIVING SPOUSE, EXECUTOR, OR ADMINISTRATOR. (a) If...
Section 854.107. Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity - Sec. 854.107. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER STRAIGHT LIFE...
Section 854.108. Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Joint and Survivor Annuity - Sec. 854.108. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER JOINT AND...
Subchapter C. Optional Service Retirement Benefits
Section 854.201. Optional Service Retirement Eligibility - Sec. 854.201. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) The governing body...
Section 854.202. Additional Optional Service Retirement Eligibility - Sec. 854.202. ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) The governing...
Section 854.203. Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities - Sec. 854.203. OPTIONAL INCREASE IN RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. (a) The governing...
Section 854.205. Five-Year Vesting - Sec. 854.205. FIVE-YEAR VESTING. (a) This section applies to each...
Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 854.301. Application for Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.301. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member...
Section 854.302. Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.302. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member...
Section 854.303. Certification of Disability - Sec. 854.303. CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY. (a) As soon as practicable...
Section 854.304. Standard Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.304. STANDARD DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) The standard disability...
Section 854.305. Optional Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.305. OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Instead of the...
Section 854.306. Medical Examination of Disability Retiree - Sec. 854.306. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE. (a) Once each...
Section 854.307. Certification of End of Disability - Sec. 854.307. CERTIFICATION OF END OF DISABILITY. (a) If the...
Section 854.308. Return of Disability Retiree to Active Service or Employment - Sec. 854.308. RETURN OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO ACTIVE SERVICE OR...
Section 854.309. Refund at Annuity Discontinuance - Sec. 854.309. REFUND AT ANNUITY DISCONTINUANCE. (a) Except as provided...
Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 854.401. Eligibility for Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.401. ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A...
Section 854.402. Certification and Finding of Disability - Sec. 854.402. CERTIFICATION AND FINDING OF DISABILITY. (a) The medical...
Section 854.403. Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.403. SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A supplemental disability...
Section 854.404. Conditions for Benefits - Sec. 854.404. CONDITIONS FOR BENEFITS. (a) Supplemental disability benefits payable...
Section 854.405. Optional Occupational Disability Benefits Program - Sec. 854.405. OPTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY BENEFITS PROGRAM. (a) This section...
Section 854.406. Application for Occupational Disability Benefits - Sec. 854.406. APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY BENEFITS. A member who...
Section 854.407. Eligibility for Benefits and Determination of Disability - Sec. 854.407. ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS AND DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY. (a)...
Section 854.408. Standard Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.408. STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) The standard...
Section 854.409. Medical Examination of Retirees - Sec. 854.409. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF RETIREES. (a) The retirement system...
Section 854.410. Optional Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 854.410. OPTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Instead of...
Section 854.411. Rules for Optional Disability Retirement Annuities - Sec. 854.411. RULES FOR OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. The board...
Subchapter F. Death Benefits
Section 854.501. Return of Contributions - Sec. 854.501. RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 854.502. Refund of Unrecovered Contributions - Sec. 854.502. REFUND OF UNRECOVERED CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) If monthly payments...
Section 854.503. Trust as Beneficiary - Sec. 854.503. TRUST AS BENEFICIARY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 854.504. Person Causing Death of Member or Annuitant - Sec. 854.504. PERSON CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT. (a)...
Section 854.505. Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary - Sec. 854.505. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY. When a...
Subchapter G. Optional Death Benefits
Section 854.601. Coverage in Supplemental Death Benefit Program - Sec. 854.601. COVERAGE IN SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PROGRAM. (a) An...
Section 854.602. Extended Supplemental Death Benefit Coverage - Sec. 854.602. EXTENDED SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT COVERAGE. (a) A member...
Section 854.603. Member Supplemental Death Benefit - Sec. 854.603. MEMBER SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. (a) If a person...
Section 854.604. Retiree Supplemental Death Benefit - Sec. 854.604. RETIREE SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. If a retiree dies...
Section 854.605. Beneficiary of Supplemental Death Benefit - Sec. 854.605. BENEFICIARY OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. (a) Unless a...