Sec. 842.058. BENEFITS. (a) After the transfers, allocations, and any necessary reductions described by Sections 842.054-842.057 have been made, each member who has not received a refund of accumulated contributions becomes fully vested in the member's accrued benefits with respect to the subdivision to the extent funded and is immediately eligible to retire with a service retirement annuity or to take a distribution of the accrued benefits in a lump sum, regardless of age, service, or employment.
(b) A member vested under this section or Section 842.051(a) is an eligible member under Section 844.407. For the purpose of determining any death benefit payable under Section 844.402, the member's individual account consists only of the deposits and contributions made by the member and the accumulated interest attributable to those amounts.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 506 (H.B. 633), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2006.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System
Subchapter A. -1. Termination of Participation by Subdivisions
Section 842.051. General Provisions
Section 842.052. Voluntary Termination of Participation