Sec. 834.303. RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, the amount of the member's contributions to the retirement system is payable as a lump-sum death benefit.
(b) The benefit provided by this section is payable to a person designated by the member in a signed document filed with the board of trustees. If a member does not designate a beneficiary, the benefit is payable to the member's estate.
(c) A death benefit may not be paid under this section if a death benefit annuity has been selected as provided by Section 834.301 or 834.302.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 44.303 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle D - Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One
Section 834.301. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Member
Section 834.302. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Survivor of Member
Section 834.303. Return of Contributions
Section 834.304. Return of Excess Contributions
Section 834.305. Beneficiary Causing Death of Member or Annuitant