Sec. 5.02. RETIREMENT BENEFITS AFTER CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP. (a) A person who has qualified for a retirement annuity under this Act but who has subsequently ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department, by whatever means or for whatever reason, is entitled to a retirement annuity from the fund that accrued to that person before the time that person ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department if the person or the person's beneficiary, in the event of the person's death, files an application for the retirement annuity with the board.
(b) A retirement annuity under Subsection (a) of this section begins the first full calendar month after the month in which the application is filed with the board.
(c) The amount of the retirement annuity under Subsection (a) of this section is the lesser of:
(1) the amount established as of the date the person ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department; or
(2) the amount established as of the date the person or the person's beneficiary filed an application under this section.
Structure Texas Statutes
Article 6243o. Police and Fire Fighter Retirement System in Municipalities of 750,000 to 1,000,000
Section 5.01. Retirement Benefits
Section 5.015. Backward Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Back Drop)
Section 5.02. Retirement Benefits After Cessation of Membership
Section 5.03. Eligibility for Disability Retirement
Section 5.04. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 5.05. Medical Reexamination and Reduction of Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 5.06. Removal of Disability and Waiver on Reinstatement
Section 5.07. Outside Income Pension Reduction
Section 5.08. Reasonable Accommodation
Section 5.09. Cost-of-Living Increases
Section 5.10. Coordination With Federal Law