Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Cash Balance Benefits
Section 820.054. Death and Disability Benefits

Sec. 820.054. DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a member subject to this chapter, a retiree receiving a cash balance annuity under this chapter, or the beneficiary of a member or retiree described by this subsection, who qualifies for a death or survivor benefit annuity or a disability retirement annuity under Chapter 814 is entitled to a cash balance annuity under Section 820.053 instead of the annuity otherwise provided under Chapter 814.
(b) The board of trustees may enter into contracts to provide additional death and disability benefits under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 321), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2021.