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Chapter 836 - General Provisions
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 836.001. Definitions - Sec. 836.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means...
Section 836.002. Purpose of Subtitle - Sec. 836.002. PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE. The purpose of this subtitle...
Section 836.003. Retirement System - Sec. 836.003. RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The retirement system is an entity...
Section 836.004. Exemption From Execution - Sec. 836.004. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION. All annuity and other benefit...
Section 836.005. Powers and Privileges - Sec. 836.005. POWERS AND PRIVILEGES. The retirement system has the...
Section 836.006. Diversion of Money Prohibited - Sec. 836.006. DIVERSION OF MONEY PROHIBITED. Except as provided by...
Subchapter B. Penal Provisions
Section 836.101. Conversion of Money; Fraud - Sec. 836.101. CONVERSION OF MONEY; FRAUD. (a) A person commits...
Section 836.102. Penalties - Sec. 836.102. PENALTIES. (a) An offense under Section 836.101(a) or...
Chapter 837 - Membership
Subchapter A. Membership
Section 837.001. Eligibility for Membership - Sec. 837.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 837.002. Termination of Membership - Sec. 837.002. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. A person's membership in the...
Section 837.003. Withdrawal of Contributions - Sec. 837.003. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) If a member resigns...
Subchapter B. Resumption of Judicial Service by Retiree
Section 837.101. Judicial Assignment - Sec. 837.101. JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT. A retiree who makes an election...
Section 837.102. Resumption of Full-Time Judicial Service - Sec. 837.102. RESUMPTION OF FULL-TIME JUDICIAL SERVICE. (a) A retiree...
Chapter 838 - Creditable Service
Section 838.001. Types of Creditable Service - Sec. 838.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. The types of service...
Subchapter B. Establishment of Service
Section 838.101. Current Service - Sec. 838.101. CURRENT SERVICE. Membership service is credited in the...
Section 838.102. Service Credit Previously Canceled - Sec. 838.102. SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED. If a person who...
Section 838.103. Military Service - Sec. 838.103. MILITARY SERVICE. (a) An eligible member may establish...
Section 838.1031. Military Service Credit Governed by Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act - Sec. 838.1031. MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT GOVERNED BY UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT...
Section 838.1035. Service in Excess of 20 Years - Sec. 838.1035. SERVICE IN EXCESS OF 20 YEARS. (a) Subject...
Section 838.105. Alternative Payments to Establish or Reestablish Service Credit - Sec. 838.105. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS TO ESTABLISH OR REESTABLISH SERVICE CREDIT....
Section 838.106. Credit for Year in Which Eligible for Office - Sec. 838.106. CREDIT FOR YEAR IN WHICH ELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE....
Section 838.107. Service Not Previously Established - Sec. 838.107. SERVICE NOT PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED. The state shall make...
Section 838.108. Credit Purchase Option - Sec. 838.108. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION. (a) An eligible member may...
Chapter 839 - Benefits
Section 839.001. Types of Benefits - Sec. 839.001. TYPES OF BENEFITS. The types of benefits payable...
Section 839.002. Application for Retirement - Sec. 839.002. APPLICATION FOR RETIREMENT. (a) A member may apply...
Section 839.003. Ineligibility for Benefits - Sec. 839.003. INELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS. An annuity that is based...
Section 839.004. Disclaimer of Benefits - Sec. 839.004. DISCLAIMER OF BENEFITS. The retirement system shall give...
Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits
Section 839.101. Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.101. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member...
Section 839.102. Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.102. SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 839.103. Optional Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.103. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Instead of a...
Subchapter C. Disability Retirement Benefits
Section 839.201. Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.201. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member,...
Section 839.202. Application for Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.202. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member...
Section 839.2025. Determination of Disability - Sec. 839.2025. DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY. (a) In determining whether a...
Section 839.203. Disability Retirement Annuity - Sec. 839.203. DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Except as provided by...
Subchapter D. Death Benefits
Section 839.301. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Member - Sec. 839.301. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY MEMBER. (a)...
Section 839.302. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Survivor of Member - Sec. 839.302. SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF...
Section 839.303. Member Death Benefits Generally - Sec. 839.303. MEMBER DEATH BENEFITS GENERALLY. (a) Except as provided...
Section 839.304. Return of Contributions - Sec. 839.304. RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 839.305. Return of Excess Contributions - Sec. 839.305. RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 839.306. Beneficiary Causing Death of Member or Annuitant - Sec. 839.306. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT. (a)...
Subchapter E. Increases in Benefits
Section 839.401. Annuity Increase After Death or Retirement - Sec. 839.401. ANNUITY INCREASE AFTER DEATH OR RETIREMENT. (a) Except...
Chapter 840 - Administration
Subchapter A. Powers and Duties
Section 840.001. General Administration - Sec. 840.001. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. (a) The board of trustees of...
Section 840.002. Rulemaking - Sec. 840.002. RULEMAKING. Subject to the limitations of this subtitle,...
Section 840.003. Administering System Assets - Sec. 840.003. ADMINISTERING SYSTEM ASSETS. (a) All assets of the...
Section 840.004. Designation of Authority to Sign Vouchers - Sec. 840.004. DESIGNATION OF AUTHORITY TO SIGN VOUCHERS. The board...
Section 840.005. Adopting Tables and Rates - Sec. 840.005. ADOPTING TABLES AND RATES. At least once every...
Section 840.006. Records of Board of Trustees - Sec. 840.006. RECORDS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The board shall...
Section 840.007. Report - Sec. 840.007. REPORT. Annually, the retirement system shall publish a...
Section 840.008. Correction of Errors - Sec. 840.008. CORRECTION OF ERRORS. If an error in the...
Subchapter B. Collection of Membership Fees and Contributions; Appropriations
Section 840.102. Collection of Member Contributions - Sec. 840.102. COLLECTION OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 840.1025. Contributions After 20 Years of Service Credit - Sec. 840.1025. CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT. (a)...
Section 840.1027. Contributions After Attaining Rule of 70 - Sec. 840.1027. CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER ATTAINING RULE OF 70. (a) Notwithstanding...
Section 840.103. Collection of State Contributions - Sec. 840.103. COLLECTION OF STATE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) During each fiscal...
Section 840.105. Employer Pickup of Member Contributions - Sec. 840.105. EMPLOYER PICKUP OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) For all...
Section 840.106. Action Increasing Amortization Period - Sec. 840.106. ACTION INCREASING AMORTIZATION PERIOD. (a) A rate of...
Subchapter C. Officers and Employees of Board of Trustees
Section 840.201. Legal Adviser - Sec. 840.201. LEGAL ADVISER. The attorney general of the state...
Section 840.202. Medical Board - Sec. 840.202. MEDICAL BOARD. (a) The board of trustees shall...
Section 840.203. Other Physicians - Sec. 840.203. OTHER PHYSICIANS. The board of trustees may employ...
Section 840.204. Actuary - Sec. 840.204. ACTUARY. (a) The board of trustees shall designate...
Section 840.205. Financial and Investment Services - Sec. 840.205. FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES. The board of trustees...
Section 840.206. Comptroller - Sec. 840.206. COMPTROLLER. (a) The comptroller is the custodian of...
Section 840.207. Compensation of Employees; Payment of Expenses - Sec. 840.207. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) The...
Section 840.209. Interest in Investment Profits Prohibited - Sec. 840.209. INTEREST IN INVESTMENT PROFITS PROHIBITED. Except for an...
Subchapter D. Management of Assets
Section 840.301. Investment of Assets - Sec. 840.301. INVESTMENT OF ASSETS. (a) The board of trustees...
Section 840.3011. Custody and Investment of Assets Pending Transactions - Sec. 840.3011. CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT OF ASSETS PENDING TRANSACTIONS. The...
Section 840.3012. Securities Lending - Sec. 840.3012. SECURITIES LENDING. (a) The retirement system may, in...
Section 840.3013. Nominee to Hold Securities - Sec. 840.3013. NOMINEE TO HOLD SECURITIES. (a) The assets of...
Section 840.303. Duty of Care - Sec. 840.303. DUTY OF CARE. The assets of the retirement...
Section 840.304. Cash on Hand - Sec. 840.304. CASH ON HAND. (a) The board of trustees...
Section 840.305. Establishment of Fund and Accounts - Sec. 840.305. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND AND ACCOUNTS. (a) A trust...
Section 840.306. Interest Rate - Sec. 840.306. INTEREST RATE. (a) Interest on money in a...
Subchapter E. Miscellaneous Administrative Procedures
Section 840.402. Retirement System Records - Sec. 840.402. RETIREMENT SYSTEM RECORDS. Records of members, annuitants, retirees,...
Section 840.403. Reproduction and Preservation of Records - Sec. 840.403. REPRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS. (a) The retirement...
Section 840.404. Budget and Actuarial Information - Sec. 840.404. BUDGET AND ACTUARIAL INFORMATION. The retirement system shall...
Section 840.405. Trustee-to-Trustee Transfer - Sec. 840.405. TRUSTEE-TO-TRUSTEE TRANSFER. Notwithstanding Section 836.004 and to the...
Section 840.406. Plan Qualification - Sec. 840.406. PLAN QUALIFICATION. (a) The provisions of this subtitle...