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Chapter 821 - General Provisions
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 821.001. Definitions - Sec. 821.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means...
Section 821.0011. Determination of Employee or Independent Contractor Status - Sec. 821.0011. DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS. In...
Section 821.002. Purpose of Subtitle - Sec. 821.002. PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE. The purpose of this subtitle...
Section 821.003. Retirement System - Sec. 821.003. RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The retirement system is a public...
Section 821.004. Powers and Privileges - Sec. 821.004. POWERS AND PRIVILEGES. The retirement system has the...
Section 821.005. Exemption From Execution - Sec. 821.005. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION. All retirement allowances, annuities, refunded...
Section 821.006. Action Increasing Amortization Period - Sec. 821.006. ACTION INCREASING AMORTIZATION PERIOD. (a) A rate of...
Section 821.007. Control of Home Office Facilities - Sec. 821.007. CONTROL OF HOME OFFICE FACILITIES. The buildings comprising...
Section 821.008. Purpose of Retirement System - Sec. 821.008. PURPOSE OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM. (a) The purpose of...
Section 821.009. Certain Contracts for Health Care Purposes; Review by Attorney General - Sec. 821.009. CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR HEALTH CARE PURPOSES; REVIEW BY...
Section 821.010. Provision of Certain Information to Comptroller - Sec. 821.010. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not...
Subchapter B. Penal Provisions
Section 821.101. Conversion of Funds; Fraud - Sec. 821.101. CONVERSION OF FUNDS; FRAUD. (a) A person commits...
Section 821.102. Penalties - Sec. 821.102. PENALTIES. (a) An offense under Section 821.101(a) or...
Section 821.103. Cancellation of Teacher Certificate - Sec. 821.103. CANCELLATION OF TEACHER CERTIFICATE. (a) After receiving notice...
Chapter 822 - Membership
Subchapter A. Membership
Section 822.001. Membership Requirement - Sec. 822.001. MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT. (a) Membership in the retirement system...
Section 822.0015. Optional Membership for Certain Officials - Sec. 822.0015. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS. (a) In lieu...
Section 822.002. Exceptions to Membership Requirement - Sec. 822.002. EXCEPTIONS TO MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT. (a) An employee of...
Section 822.003. Termination of Membership - Sec. 822.003. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. (a) A person terminates membership...
Section 822.004. Effect of Termination - Sec. 822.004. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. If a person terminates membership...
Section 822.005. Withdrawal of Contributions - Sec. 822.005. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A person who is...
Section 822.006. Resumption of Membership After Termination - Sec. 822.006. RESUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP AFTER TERMINATION. A person whose...
Subchapter B. Member Compensation Subject to Contributions and Credit
Section 822.201. Member Compensation - Sec. 822.201. MEMBER COMPENSATION. (a) Unless otherwise provided by this...
Chapter 823 - Creditable Service
Section 823.001. Types of Creditable Service - Sec. 823.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. The types of service...
Section 823.002. Service Creditable in a Year - Sec. 823.002. SERVICE CREDITABLE IN A YEAR. (a) The board...
Section 823.003. Benefits Based on Service Credit - Sec. 823.003. BENEFITS BASED ON SERVICE CREDIT. Except as otherwise...
Section 823.004. Computation of and Payment for Credit - Sec. 823.004. COMPUTATION OF AND PAYMENT FOR CREDIT. (a) All...
Section 823.005. Acceptance of Rollovers and Transfers From Other Plans - Sec. 823.005. ACCEPTANCE OF ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER PLANS....
Section 823.006. Limits on Annual Contributions for Purchase of Service Credit - Sec. 823.006. LIMITS ON ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SERVICE...
Subchapter C. Establishment of Membership Service
Section 823.201. Current Membership Service - Sec. 823.201. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP SERVICE. (a) Membership service is credited...
Section 823.203. Membership Service for Optional Retirement Program - Sec. 823.203. MEMBERSHIP SERVICE FOR OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. A member...
Subchapter D. Establishment of Military Service
Section 823.301. Creditable Military Service - Sec. 823.301. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 823.302. Military Service Credit - Sec. 823.302. MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT. (a) An eligible member may...
Section 823.303. Military Leave Credit - Sec. 823.303. MILITARY LEAVE CREDIT. A member who performs military...
Section 823.304. Userra Credit - Sec. 823.304. USERRA CREDIT. (a) A person eligible to establish...
Subchapter E. Establishment of Equivalent Membership Service
Section 823.401. Out-of-State Service - Sec. 823.401. OUT-OF-STATE SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...
Section 823.402. Developmental Leave - Sec. 823.402. DEVELOPMENTAL LEAVE. (a) An eligible member may establish...
Section 823.403. Credit for Accumulated Personal or Sick Leave - Sec. 823.403. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED PERSONAL OR SICK LEAVE. (a)...
Section 823.404. Work Experience by Career or Technology Teacher - Sec. 823.404. WORK EXPERIENCE BY CAREER OR TECHNOLOGY TEACHER. (a)...
Section 823.406. Credit Purchase Option for Certain Service - Sec. 823.406. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION FOR CERTAIN SERVICE. (a) A...
Subchapter F. Reinstatement of Service Credit
Section 823.501. Credit Canceled by Membership Termination - Sec. 823.501. CREDIT CANCELED BY MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. (a) An eligible...
Chapter 824 - Benefits
Section 824.001. Types of Benefits - Sec. 824.001. TYPES OF BENEFITS. The types of benefits payable...
Section 824.002. Effective Date of Retirement - Sec. 824.002. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT. (a) The effective date...
Section 824.003. When Benefits Are Payable - Sec. 824.003. WHEN BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE. Except as otherwise provided...
Section 824.004. Waiver of Benefits - Sec. 824.004. WAIVER OF BENEFITS. (a) A person may, on...
Section 824.005. Revocation of Retirement - Sec. 824.005. REVOCATION OF RETIREMENT. (a) A person who has...
Section 824.006. Payment of Annuity on Death of Member or Retiree - Sec. 824.006. PAYMENT OF ANNUITY ON DEATH OF MEMBER OR...
Section 824.007. Deductions From Service or Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 824.007. DEDUCTIONS FROM SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a)...
Section 824.0071. Deductions From Service or Disability Retirement Annuity for Certain University Insurance Program Contributions - Sec. 824.0071. DEDUCTIONS FROM SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY FOR...
Section 824.008. Deductions From Amounts Payable by the Retirement System - Sec. 824.008. DEDUCTIONS FROM AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM....
Section 824.009. Certain Employees and Annuitants Ineligible for Retirement Annuity; Resumption or Restoration of Eligibility - Sec. 824.009. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS INELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT ANNUITY;...
Subchapter B. Beneficiaries
Section 824.101. Designation of Beneficiary - Sec. 824.101. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 824.1011. Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement - Sec. 824.1011. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT. (a) A retiree...
Section 824.1012. Post-Retirement Change in Retirement Payment Plan for Certain Retirement Benefit Options - Sec. 824.1012. POST-RETIREMENT CHANGE IN RETIREMENT PAYMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN...
Section 824.1013. Change of Beneficiary After Retirement - Sec. 824.1013. CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT. (a) A retiree...
Section 824.102. Trust as Beneficiary - Sec. 824.102. TRUST AS BENEFICIARY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 824.103. Absence of Beneficiary - Sec. 824.103. ABSENCE OF BENEFICIARY. (a) Benefits payable on the...
Section 824.104. Failure of Beneficiary to Claim Benefits - Sec. 824.104. FAILURE OF BENEFICIARY TO CLAIM BENEFITS. (a) If,...
Section 824.105. Beneficiary Causing Death of Member or Annuitant - Sec. 824.105. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT. (a)...
Section 824.106. Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary - Sec. 824.106. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY. When a...
Subchapter C. Service Retirement Benefits
Section 824.201. Application for Service Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.201. APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) A member...
Section 824.202. Eligibility for Service Retirement - Sec. 824.202. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. (a) Except as provided...
Section 824.203. Standard Service Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.203. STANDARD SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 824.2031. Benefit Improvements - Sec. 824.2031. BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Each regular legislative session, the...
Section 824.204. Optional Service Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.204. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) Instead of the...
Section 824.2045. Partial Lump-Sum Option - Sec. 824.2045. PARTIAL LUMP-SUM OPTION. (a) A member may select...
Section 824.205. Deductions From Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 824.205. DEDUCTIONS FROM SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A person...
Section 824.206. Change of Service Retirement Annuity Payment Plan - Sec. 824.206. CHANGE OF SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY PAYMENT PLAN. (a)...
Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 824.301. Application for Disability Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.301. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) A member...
Section 824.302. Eligibility for Disability Retirement - Sec. 824.302. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT. Subject to Section 824.310,...
Section 824.303. Certification of Disability - Sec. 824.303. CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY. (a) After a member applies...
Section 824.304. Disability Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.304. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) Subject to Section 824.310,...
Section 824.305. Medical Examination of Disability Retiree - Sec. 824.305. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE. (a) Once each...
Section 824.307. Restoration of Disability Retiree to Membership - Sec. 824.307. RESTORATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO MEMBERSHIP. (a) If...
Section 824.308. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits - Sec. 824.308. OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) Instead of an...
Section 824.309. Change of Disability Retirement Payment Plan - Sec. 824.309. CHANGE OF DISABILITY RETIREMENT PAYMENT PLAN. (a) A...
Section 824.310. Purpose of Disability Benefit; Limit on Supplemental Income - Sec. 824.310. PURPOSE OF DISABILITY BENEFIT; LIMIT ON SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME....
Subchapter E. Member Death Benefits
Section 824.401. Availability of Annuity - Sec. 824.401. AVAILABILITY OF ANNUITY. (a) A death benefit annuity...
Section 824.402. Benefits on Death of Active Member - Sec. 824.402. BENEFITS ON DEATH OF ACTIVE MEMBER. (a) Except...
Section 824.403. Benefits on Death of Inactive Member - Sec. 824.403. BENEFITS ON DEATH OF INACTIVE MEMBER. (a) Except...
Section 824.404. Survivor Benefits - Sec. 824.404. SURVIVOR BENEFITS. (a) The designated beneficiary of a...
Section 824.4041. Benefits for Certain Surviving Spouses - Sec. 824.4041. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES. (a) A person...
Section 824.405. Tables for Determination of Death Benefit Annuity - Sec. 824.405. TABLES FOR DETERMINATION OF DEATH BENEFIT ANNUITY. For...
Section 824.406. Benefits for Survivors of Certain Members - Sec. 824.406. BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS. (a) Except...
Section 824.407. Guaranteed Return of Amount Equal to Contributions - Sec. 824.407. GUARANTEED RETURN OF AMOUNT EQUAL TO CONTRIBUTIONS. If...
Subchapter F. Retiree Death Benefits
Section 824.501. Survivor Benefits - Sec. 824.501. SURVIVOR BENEFITS. (a) The designated beneficiary of a...
Section 824.502. Benefits on Death of Disability Retiree - Sec. 824.502. BENEFITS ON DEATH OF DISABILITY RETIREE. The designated...
Section 824.503. Return of Excess Contributions - Sec. 824.503. RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) If a retiree...
Section 824.504. Benefits for Survivors of Certain Retirees - Sec. 824.504. BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN RETIREES. (a) Except...
Section 824.505. Other Amounts Payable on Death of Retiree - Sec. 824.505. OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE ON DEATH OF RETIREE. (a)...
Subchapter G. Loss of Benefits on Resumption of Service
Section 824.601. Loss of Monthly Benefits - Sec. 824.601. LOSS OF MONTHLY BENEFITS. (a) In this section,...
Section 824.602. Exceptions - Sec. 824.602. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement...
Section 824.6021. Temporary Exception to Mitigate Learning Loss Attributable to Covid-19 Pandemic - Sec. 824.6021. TEMPORARY EXCEPTION TO MITIGATE LEARNING LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO...
Section 824.6022. Required Reports; Offense - Sec. 824.6022. REQUIRED REPORTS; OFFENSE. (a) An employer shall file...
Section 824.603. Exclusion From Credit - Sec. 824.603. EXCLUSION FROM CREDIT. Employment of a retiree described...
Section 824.604. Rules - Sec. 824.604. RULES. The board of trustees may adopt rules...
Subchapter H. Increases in Annuities
Section 824.701. Application of Annuity Increases to Certain Annuities - Sec. 824.701. APPLICATION OF ANNUITY INCREASES TO CERTAIN ANNUITIES. (a)...
Section 824.702. Cost-of-Living Adjustment - Sec. 824.702. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT. (a) The retirement system shall make...
Subchapter I. Deferred Retirement Option Plan
Section 824.801. Definition - Sec. 824.801. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "plan" means the deferred...
Section 824.8011. Deadline to Elect to Participate - Sec. 824.8011. DEADLINE TO ELECT TO PARTICIPATE. A person must...
Section 824.802. Participation in Plan - Sec. 824.802. PARTICIPATION IN PLAN. (a) A contributing member who...
Section 824.803. Computation of Participant's Service and Annuity - Sec. 824.803. COMPUTATION OF PARTICIPANT'S SERVICE AND ANNUITY. (a) A...
Section 824.804. Benefits Under Plan - Sec. 824.804. BENEFITS UNDER PLAN. (a) On the effective date...
Section 824.805. Termination of Participation in Plan - Sec. 824.805. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION IN PLAN. (a) Except as...
Section 824.806. Benefits for Service After Plan Participation - Sec. 824.806. BENEFITS FOR SERVICE AFTER PLAN PARTICIPATION. (a) Any...
Section 824.807. Interest - Sec. 824.807. INTEREST. Interest is creditable to a member's account...
Chapter 825 - Administration
Subchapter A. Board of Trustees
Section 825.001. Composition of Board of Trustees - Sec. 825.001. COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The board of...
Section 825.002. Trustees Appointed by Governor - Sec. 825.002. TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR. (a) The governor shall...
Section 825.003. Trustees Appointed by Governor From Nominees of Board of Education - Sec. 825.003. TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR FROM NOMINEES OF BOARD...
Section 825.0031. Nondiscrimination in Appointments - Sec. 825.0031. NONDISCRIMINATION IN APPOINTMENTS. Appointments to the board shall...
Section 825.0032. Ineligibility for Board and of Certain Employees - Sec. 825.0032. INELIGIBILITY FOR BOARD AND OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. (a)...
Section 825.004. Terms of Office; Filling Vacancies - Sec. 825.004. TERMS OF OFFICE; FILLING VACANCIES. (a) Members of...
Section 825.0041. Board Member Training - Sec. 825.0041. BOARD MEMBER TRAINING. (a) A person who is...
Section 825.005. Oath of Office - Sec. 825.005. OATH OF OFFICE. Before taking office as a...
Section 825.006. Sunset Provision - Sec. 825.006. SUNSET PROVISION. The board of trustees of the...
Section 825.007. Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 825.007. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. Trustees serve without compensation but are...
Section 825.008. Voting - Sec. 825.008. VOTING. Each trustee is entitled to one vote....
Section 825.009. Leave for Member Trustees - Sec. 825.009. LEAVE FOR MEMBER TRUSTEES. (a) A trustee appointed...
Section 825.010. Grounds for Removal of Trustee - Sec. 825.010. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE. (a) It is...
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Board of Trustees
Section 825.101. General Administration - Sec. 825.101. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. The board of trustees is responsible...
Section 825.102. Rulemaking - Sec. 825.102. RULEMAKING. Subject to the limitations of this subtitle,...
Section 825.1025. Negotiated Rulemaking; Alternative Dispute Resolution - Sec. 825.1025. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The board...
Section 825.103. Administering System Assets - Sec. 825.103. ADMINISTERING SYSTEM ASSETS. (a) The board of trustees...
Section 825.104. Designation of Authority to Sign Vouchers - Sec. 825.104. DESIGNATION OF AUTHORITY TO SIGN VOUCHERS. (a) The...
Section 825.105. Adopting Rates and Tables - Sec. 825.105. ADOPTING RATES AND TABLES. The board of trustees...
Section 825.107. Records of Board of Trustees - Sec. 825.107. RECORDS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. (a) The board...
Section 825.108. Reports - Sec. 825.108. REPORTS. (a) No later than December 15 of...
Section 825.109. Correction of Errors - Sec. 825.109. CORRECTION OF ERRORS. If an error in the...
Section 825.110. Determination of Annual Compensation - Sec. 825.110. DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL COMPENSATION. The board of trustees...
Section 825.111. Management Audit - Sec. 825.111. MANAGEMENT AUDIT. (a) The legislative audit committee may...
Section 825.112. Insurance - Sec. 825.112. INSURANCE. Notwithstanding any other law, the board of...
Section 825.113. Miscellaneous Board Duties - Sec. 825.113. MISCELLANEOUS BOARD DUTIES. (a) The executive director or...
Section 825.114. Advisory Committees - Sec. 825.114. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board of trustees may...
Section 825.115. Applicability of Certain Laws - Sec. 825.115. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. (a) Except as provided...
Subchapter C. Officers and Employees of Board of Trustees
Section 825.201. Presiding Officer - Sec. 825.201. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate a member...
Section 825.202. Executive Director - Sec. 825.202. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The board of trustees, by...
Section 825.203. Legal Representation - Sec. 825.203. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. (a) The attorney general of the...
Section 825.204. Medical Board - Sec. 825.204. MEDICAL BOARD. (a) The board of trustees shall...
Section 825.205. Other Physicians - Sec. 825.205. OTHER PHYSICIANS. The board of trustees may employ...
Section 825.206. Actuary - Sec. 825.206. ACTUARY. (a) The board of trustees shall designate...
Section 825.207. Comptroller - Sec. 825.207. COMPTROLLER. (a) Except as provided by Section 825.302...
Section 825.208. Compensation of Employees; Payment of Expenses - Sec. 825.208. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) Notwithstanding...
Section 825.210. Interest in Investment Profits Prohibited - Sec. 825.210. INTEREST IN INVESTMENT PROFITS PROHIBITED. Except for an...
Section 825.212. Retirement System Ethics Policy - Sec. 825.212. RETIREMENT SYSTEM ETHICS POLICY. (a) The board of...
Section 825.213. Employment Practices - Sec. 825.213. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. (a) The executive director or the...
Section 825.214. Financial Auditor - Sec. 825.214. FINANCIAL AUDITOR. A person employed to perform a...
Section 825.215. Advocacy Prohibited - Sec. 825.215. ADVOCACY PROHIBITED. (a) An employee of the retirement...
Section 825.216. Ombudsman - Sec. 825.216. OMBUDSMAN. (a) Subject to Section 825.506, the board...
Subchapter D. Management of Assets
Section 825.301. Investment of Assets - Sec. 825.301. INVESTMENT OF ASSETS. (a) The board of trustees...
Section 825.3011. Certain Consultations Concerning Investments - Sec. 825.3011. CERTAIN CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING INVESTMENTS. (a) In this section,...
Section 825.3012. Investment in Certain Hedge Funds Limited - Sec. 825.3012. INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN HEDGE FUNDS LIMITED. (a) For...
Section 825.302. Custody and Investment of Assets Pending Transactions - Sec. 825.302. CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT OF ASSETS PENDING TRANSACTIONS. The...
Section 825.3021. Appraisal and Sale of Real Property - Sec. 825.3021. APPRAISAL AND SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. If the...
Section 825.303. Securities Custody and Securities Lending - Sec. 825.303. SECURITIES CUSTODY AND SECURITIES LENDING. (a) The retirement...
Section 825.304. Nominee to Hold Securities - Sec. 825.304. NOMINEE TO HOLD SECURITIES. (a) The assets of...
Section 825.305. Available Cash - Sec. 825.305. AVAILABLE CASH. The board of trustees may keep...
Section 825.306. Crediting System Assets - Sec. 825.306. CREDITING SYSTEM ASSETS. (a) The assets of the...
Section 825.307. Member Savings Account - Sec. 825.307. MEMBER SAVINGS ACCOUNT. (a) The retirement system shall...
Section 825.308. State Contribution Account - Sec. 825.308. STATE CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. The retirement system shall deposit...
Section 825.309. Retired Reserve Account - Sec. 825.309. RETIRED RESERVE ACCOUNT. (a) The retirement system shall...
Section 825.311. Interest Account - Sec. 825.311. INTEREST ACCOUNT. In the interest account the retirement...
Section 825.312. Expense Account - Sec. 825.312. EXPENSE ACCOUNT. (a) The retirement system shall deposit...
Section 825.3121. Deferred Retirement Option Account - Sec. 825.3121. DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION ACCOUNT. (a) The retirement system...
Section 825.313. Transfers From Interest Account - Sec. 825.313. TRANSFERS FROM INTEREST ACCOUNT. (a) Annually, the retirement...
Section 825.314. Use of State Contributions - Sec. 825.314. USE OF STATE CONTRIBUTIONS. The retirement system shall...
Section 825.315. Prohibited Use of Assets - Sec. 825.315. PROHIBITED USE OF ASSETS. (a) Assets of the...
Subchapter E. Collection of Membership Fees and Contributions
Section 825.402. Rate of Member Contributions - Sec. 825.402. RATE OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS. The rate of contributions...
Section 825.403. Collection of Member's Contributions - Sec. 825.403. COLLECTION OF MEMBER'S CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Each payroll period,...
Section 825.4035. Employer Contributions for Certain Employed Members - Sec. 825.4035. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYED MEMBERS. (a) This...
Section 825.404. Collection of State Contributions - Sec. 825.404. COLLECTION OF STATE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 825.4041. Employer Payments - Sec. 825.4041. EMPLOYER PAYMENTS. (a) For purposes of this section,...
Section 825.405. Contributions Based on Compensation Above Statutory Minimum - Sec. 825.405. CONTRIBUTIONS BASED ON COMPENSATION ABOVE STATUTORY MINIMUM. (a)...
Section 825.406. Collection of Contributions From Federal or Private Sources; Offense; Penalty - Sec. 825.406. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FEDERAL OR PRIVATE SOURCES;...
Section 825.407. Collection of Contributions From Noneducational and General Funds - Sec. 825.407. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NONEDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL FUNDS....
Section 825.4071. Collection of Contributions From Employers That Are Public Junior Colleges or Public Junior College Districts - Sec. 825.4071. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYERS THAT ARE PUBLIC...
Section 825.408. Interest on Contributions and Fees; Deposits in Trust - Sec. 825.408. INTEREST ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND FEES; DEPOSITS IN TRUST....
Section 825.409. Employer Pickup of Member Contributions - Sec. 825.409. EMPLOYER PICKUP OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Each employer...
Section 825.4092. Employer Contributions for Employed Retirees - Sec. 825.4092. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EMPLOYED RETIREES. (a) This section...
Section 825.410. Payroll Deductions or Installment Payments for Special Service Credit - Sec. 825.410. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS OR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FOR SPECIAL SERVICE...
Subchapter F. Miscellaneous Administrative Procedures
Section 825.501. Statement of Amount in Individual Accounts - Sec. 825.501. STATEMENT OF AMOUNT IN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS. (a) No...
Section 825.502. Payment of Contributions to a Member Absent From Service - Sec. 825.502. PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MEMBER ABSENT FROM...
Section 825.503. Reproduction and Preservation of Records - Sec. 825.503. REPRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS. (a) The retirement...
Section 825.504. Employer Certification to Board - Sec. 825.504. EMPLOYER CERTIFICATION TO BOARD. (a) An employer annually...
Section 825.505. Audits - Sec. 825.505. AUDITS. For the purpose of determining the propriety...
Section 825.506. Plan Qualification - Sec. 825.506. PLAN QUALIFICATION. (a) It is intended that the...
Section 825.507. Record Confidentiality - Sec. 825.507. RECORD CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Records of a participant and...
Section 825.508. Powers of Attorney - Sec. 825.508. POWERS OF ATTORNEY. (a) A person entitled to...
Section 825.509. Direct Rollovers - Sec. 825.509. DIRECT ROLLOVERS. (a) This section applies to distributions...
Section 825.511. Complaint Files - Sec. 825.511. COMPLAINT FILES. (a) The retirement system shall maintain...
Section 825.513. Information for Publication - Sec. 825.513. INFORMATION FOR PUBLICATION. The retirement system shall verify...
Section 825.514. Historically Underutilized Business - Sec. 825.514. HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS. The retirement system is subject...
Section 825.515. Information About Member Positions - Sec. 825.515. INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBER POSITIONS. (a) At least annually,...
Section 825.516. Nonprofit Association Dues - Sec. 825.516. NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION DUES. (a) A retiree who is...
Section 825.517. Excess Benefit Arrangement - Sec. 825.517. EXCESS BENEFIT ARRANGEMENT. (a) A separate, nonqualified, unfunded...
Section 825.519. Electronic Information - Sec. 825.519. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION. (a) The retirement system may provide...
Section 825.520. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 825.520. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. The trustees, executive director, and...
Section 825.521. Deadline to Appeal Administrative Decision - Sec. 825.521. DEADLINE TO APPEAL ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION. In adopting rules...
Subchapter G. Outreach to Members and Employers
Section 825.601. Outreach Plan - Sec. 825.601. OUTREACH PLAN. (a) The board of trustees shall...
Section 825.602. Retirement Benefits Counseling for Individuals - Sec. 825.602. RETIREMENT BENEFITS COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS. (a) To the...
Section 825.604. Information Provided to Members - Sec. 825.604. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO MEMBERS. The retirement system shall...
Chapter 830 - Optional Retirement Program
Section 830.001. Purpose of Chapter - Sec. 830.001. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER. The purpose of this chapter...
Section 830.0011. Definition - Sec. 830.0011. DEFINITION. Notwithstanding Section 821.001, in this chapter "retirement...
Section 830.002. Optional Retirement Program - Sec. 830.002. OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. (a) The optional retirement program...
Section 830.003. Application - Sec. 830.003. APPLICATION. In this chapter, the term "institution of...
Section 830.004. Administration - Sec. 830.004. ADMINISTRATION. (a) A governing board may provide for...
Section 830.005. Exemption From Taxes - Sec. 830.005. EXEMPTION FROM TAXES. If qualified to do business...
Section 830.006. Reports From Institutions - Sec. 830.006. REPORTS FROM INSTITUTIONS. (a) The governing board of...
Subchapter B. Participation
Section 830.101. Eligibility to Participate - Sec. 830.101. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a) The governing board of...
Section 830.102. Option to Participate - Sec. 830.102. OPTION TO PARTICIPATE. (a) A member of the...
Section 830.103. Effect of Transfers and Changes in Employment Status - Sec. 830.103. EFFECT OF TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT STATUS....
Section 830.104. Withdrawal of Contributions to the Retirement System - Sec. 830.104. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. (a)...
Section 830.105. Termination of Participation - Sec. 830.105. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION. (a) A person terminates participation...
Section 830.106. Eligibility for Resumption of Membership - Sec. 830.106. ELIGIBILITY FOR RESUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP. A participant in...
Section 830.107. Investment Advisory Fees - Sec. 830.107. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES. (a) A participant in the...
Section 830.108. Correction of Certain Reporting Errors - Sec. 830.108. CORRECTION OF CERTAIN REPORTING ERRORS. (a) For purposes...
Subchapter C. Contributions and Benefits
Section 830.201. Contributions - Sec. 830.201. CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Each fiscal year the state shall...
Section 830.2015. Supplemental Contributions From Institutions of Higher Education - Sec. 830.2015. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a)...
Section 830.202. Collection and Disbursement of Contributions - Sec. 830.202. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The contributions...
Section 830.203. Collection of Contributions From Noneducational and General Funds - Sec. 830.203. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NONEDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL FUNDS....
Section 830.204. Salary Reduction Agreement - Sec. 830.204. SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT. (a) A participant in the...
Section 830.205. Benefits - Sec. 830.205. BENEFITS. Benefits in the optional retirement program vest...