Sec. 1551.108. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT. Subject to Section 1551.351, on application to the board of trustees and on arrangement for payment of contributions and postage:
(1) an individual who has at least eight years of service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for service as a member of the legislature, on ending the individual's service in the legislature, remains eligible for participation in the group benefits program; and
(2) an individual who has at least 10 years of service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as an employee of the legislature, on ending the individual's service for the legislature, remains eligible for participation in the group benefits program.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees
Chapter 1551 - Texas Employees Group Benefits Act
Subchapter C. Coverage and Participation
Section 1551.101. Participation Eligibility: State Officers and Employees
Section 1551.102. Participation Eligibility: Annuitants
Section 1551.1021. Participation Eligibility: Certain Faculty of Institutions of Higher Education
Section 1551.1022. Participation Eligibility: Certain Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Section 1551.103. Right to Coverage
Section 1551.104. Automatic Coverage
Section 1551.105. Date Automatic Coverage Begins
Section 1551.1055. Date Eligibility Begins; Waiting Period
Section 1551.106. Group Coverage Plan Purchased to Provide for Automatic Coverage
Section 1551.107. Contingent Coverage
Section 1551.108. Continuing Eligibility of Certain Persons With Legislative Service or Employment
Section 1551.110. Ineligibility of Certain Junior College Employees
Section 1551.111. Participation by Certain Retirement Systems
Section 1551.112. Participation by Texas Turnpike Authority
Section 1551.113. Participation by Certain Employees Whose Positions Are Privatized or Eliminated
Section 1551.114. Participation by Community Supervision and Corrections Departments
Section 1551.115. Participation by Wrongfully Imprisoned Persons