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Chapter 861 - General Provisions
Section 861.001. Definitions - Sec. 861.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Actuarially sound pension...
Section 861.002. Pension System - Sec. 861.002. PENSION SYSTEM. The pension system is a public...
Section 861.003. Powers and Privileges - Sec. 861.003. POWERS AND PRIVILEGES. The pension system has the...
Section 861.004. Exemption From Execution - Sec. 861.004. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION. All benefit payments, contributions, money...
Section 861.005. No Diversion of Assets - Sec. 861.005. NO DIVERSION OF ASSETS. The fund must be...
Section 861.006. Plan Qualification and Distributions - Sec. 861.006. PLAN QUALIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTIONS. (a) The legislature intends...
Section 861.007. Forfeiture Not to Increase Benefits - Sec. 861.007. FORFEITURE NOT TO INCREASE BENEFITS. A forfeiture that...
Section 861.008. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 861.008. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. The state board, the executive...
Section 861.009. Venue - Sec. 861.009. VENUE. An action in state court by or...
Chapter 862 - Membership
Section 862.001. Participation by Department - Sec. 862.001. PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT. (a) For purposes of this...
Section 862.002. Membership by Individual - Sec. 862.002. MEMBERSHIP BY INDIVIDUAL. (a) Except as otherwise provided...
Section 862.0021. Waiting Period Before Membership - Sec. 862.0021. WAITING PERIOD BEFORE MEMBERSHIP. (a) A participating department...
Section 862.0025. Membership by Support Staff - Sec. 862.0025. MEMBERSHIP BY SUPPORT STAFF. (a) Except as provided...
Section 862.003. Certification of Physical Fitness - Sec. 862.003. CERTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS. (a) A person who...
Section 862.004. Departmental Elections and Mergers - Sec. 862.004. DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIONS AND MERGERS. The state board may...
Chapter 863 - Creditable Service
Section 863.001. Credit for Current Service - Sec. 863.001. CREDIT FOR CURRENT SERVICE. A member is entitled...
Section 863.002. Credit for Military Service - Sec. 863.002. CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. The pension system shall...
Section 863.003. Recognition of Prior Service Credit - Sec. 863.003. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT. A member who...
Section 863.004. Prior Service of Member Before Departmental Participation - Sec. 863.004. PRIOR SERVICE OF MEMBER BEFORE DEPARTMENTAL PARTICIPATION. The...
Section 863.0045. Service Credit and Membership in Multiple Public Retirement Systems - Sec. 863.0045. SERVICE CREDIT AND MEMBERSHIP IN MULTIPLE PUBLIC RETIREMENT...
Section 863.005. Charge for Certain Past Due Contributions - Sec. 863.005. CHARGE FOR CERTAIN PAST DUE CONTRIBUTIONS. The state...
Chapter 864 - Benefits
Section 864.001. Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 864.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) The state...
Section 864.002. Service Retirement Annuity - Sec. 864.002. SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A service retirement annuity...
Section 864.004. Temporary Disability Retirement Benefits - Sec. 864.004. TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) A member is...
Section 864.005. Certification and Continuance of Disability - Sec. 864.005. CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUANCE OF DISABILITY. (a) A local...
Section 864.0051. Continuing Disability Retirement Benefits - Sec. 864.0051. CONTINUING DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS. (a) To receive disability...
Section 864.006. Member Service Death Benefits - Sec. 864.006. MEMBER SERVICE DEATH BENEFITS. (a) The surviving spouse...
Section 864.007. Member Nonservice Death Benefit - Sec. 864.007. MEMBER NONSERVICE DEATH BENEFIT. (a) The state board...
Section 864.009. Retiree Death Benefit Annuity - Sec. 864.009. RETIREE DEATH BENEFIT ANNUITY. The surviving spouse of...
Section 864.010. Benefits for Members and Retirees of Department That Withdraws From Participation or Ceases to Exist - Sec. 864.010. BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS AND RETIREES OF DEPARTMENT THAT...
Section 864.011. First Payment of Retirement or Death Benefit Annuity - Sec. 864.011. FIRST PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT OR DEATH BENEFIT ANNUITY....
Section 864.012. Certain Beneficiaries - Sec. 864.012. CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES. (a) If a member names more...
Section 864.013. Cost-of-Living Increase - Sec. 864.013. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE. The state board by rule may...
Section 864.0135. Optional Annuity Increase or Supplemental Payments - Sec. 864.0135. OPTIONAL ANNUITY INCREASE OR SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS. (a) The...
Section 864.014. State Board Authority for Lump-Sum Payments - Sec. 864.014. STATE BOARD AUTHORITY FOR LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS. In lieu...
Section 864.015. Beneficiary Causing Death of Member or Retiree - Sec. 864.015. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR RETIREE. (a)...
Section 864.016. Claim and Appeal Procedure - Sec. 864.016. CLAIM AND APPEAL PROCEDURE. (a) An application for...
Chapter 865 - Administration
Section 865.001. Composition of State Board - Sec. 865.001. COMPOSITION OF STATE BOARD. (a) The state board...
Section 865.0011. Sunset Review - Sec. 865.0011. SUNSET REVIEW. The state board of the pension...
Section 865.002. Ineligibility of Certain Employees for State Board - Sec. 865.002. INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FOR STATE BOARD. (a)...
Section 865.003. Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 865.003. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. Trustees of the state board serve...
Section 865.0035. State Board Member Training - Sec. 865.0035. STATE BOARD MEMBER TRAINING. (a) A person who...
Section 865.004. Voting - Sec. 865.004. VOTING. (a) Each trustee of the state board...
Section 865.005. Grounds for Removal of Trustees - Sec. 865.005. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES. (a) It is...
Section 865.006. General Duties of State Board - Sec. 865.006. GENERAL DUTIES OF STATE BOARD. (a) The state...
Section 865.0061. Written Policy on Managing and Administering Contracts - Sec. 865.0061. WRITTEN POLICY ON MANAGING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS. The...
Section 865.007. Administering System Assets - Sec. 865.007. ADMINISTERING SYSTEM ASSETS. (a) The state board shall...
Section 865.008. Investment of Assets - Sec. 865.008. INVESTMENT OF ASSETS. (a) If a surplus exists...
Section 865.009. Trust Fund - Sec. 865.009. TRUST FUND. The Texas emergency services retirement fund...
Section 865.0095. Executive Director - Sec. 865.0095. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The state board, by a...
Section 865.010. Executive Director's Duties - Sec. 865.010. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S DUTIES. (a) The executive director shall...
Section 865.011. Records and Reports - Sec. 865.011. RECORDS AND REPORTS. (a) The executive director may...
Section 865.0115. Participating Department Head - Sec. 865.0115. PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT HEAD. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 865.0116. Participating Department Head's Duties - Sec. 865.0116. PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT HEAD'S DUTIES. The participating department head:...
Section 865.012. Local Board - Sec. 865.012. LOCAL BOARD. (a) A local board is composed...
Section 865.0121. Delegation of Local Board Duties - Sec. 865.0121. DELEGATION OF LOCAL BOARD DUTIES. The state board...
Section 865.013. Monitoring of Contribution Submission - Sec. 865.013. MONITORING OF CONTRIBUTION SUBMISSION. A local board shall...
Section 865.014. Local Contributions - Sec. 865.014. LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The governing body of a...
Section 865.015. State Contributions - Sec. 865.015. STATE CONTRIBUTIONS. The state shall contribute the amount...
Section 865.016. Administrative Penalty - Sec. 865.016. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The state board may impose...
Section 865.017. Interruption of Payments - Sec. 865.017. INTERRUPTION OF PAYMENTS. (a) The pension system shall...
Section 865.018. Certification of Fund - Sec. 865.018. CERTIFICATION OF FUND. (a) In this section, "qualified...
Section 865.019. Confidentiality of Information About Members, Retirees, and Beneficiaries - Sec. 865.019. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS, RETIREES, AND BENEFICIARIES....
Section 865.020. Medical Board - Sec. 865.020. MEDICAL BOARD. (a) The state board shall designate...
Section 865.021. Complaint Files - Sec. 865.021. COMPLAINT FILES. (a) The pension system shall maintain...