OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

Eonorable John 9. **RUdt¶, Jr.**  Aotuary and Assistant Direotor Teacher Retlrament ot Texas 

### Austin,Texas

Dear ;;ir:

State BOU-d

oeed the oompeneation last retier as a teaoher."

3 and a(a) of section 3

### or the Teaoher ale 29.%?-1,Vernon*8 Annotated Civil stat-

"3. Disability R0tirOx#nt BetWrits *Upon the aDplioation of amuuber or his legal representatlvo acting in hle behalf, any aember who has had twenty (80) ormore years of oreditable servioa may be retired by the &ate Board of Truetees, not less than thirty (30) and not more than ninety (90)days next following the date of filing such a;:p$loatlon,on a dfeabfl.ityretiremant;i y-. ,*

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allo~snoe, provided that theEfedloalBoard, after a cedloal esaa5nat5oa of suoh mazaber, shall 08rtify that suohmmber 5smmtelly or physioally inoapaoltated for the further performam oi duty, that **euoh** inoapaolty 5s likely to be permanaat, and that suoh 

### membershould be retlrGd.*

ì5. B8n8f5o5ariea Retired on Aooouat of ~fsabilftp.

*on06 8aaohyear 

### duringthefirst five (5)years follGw5ug retirensmt of amember 

### on a disability retirement allona~o4, and
once 

### in every three-year p4rfod th4rGaftar, the 3tate Board oi Trustees may, and upon his applloation ahell, require any dlaability benetioiary who has not yet attained theage of sixty (60)years to undergo a nedloal examiBatlon, auoh exam.lUation to be nade at the pleoe **0r** residsno4 of said beneiioiary or any 

### other pla88 mutually agreed upon, by a phyalalan or phyeioians designated by the State Board of Trustees. Should eny disebflity benetioiary who haa not 

### yet attained the age of sixty (60)year0 refuse to submit to at leant one lnbdloelexamination 5~my auoh periods by
a l-hyslola~or physioians designated by the State Board of Truetees, his allwaBoe ahall be dlsoontinued uutll his withdrawal of suab refusal, end should his rGfU8ti GontiBU4 for one year, all his rights In and to his allowsnoe shall be revoked by ths Stat0 Board of Trustees. "(a) should the Eedloal Board report ad oertify to the oZlat8Board of Trust**8 that SUG~ disability bsnaiioiary 5s so longer physloally czr mentally inoapaoltated for the perf'ors.vmsG of dutyt 

### or that sUGh disability benGl5oiaW 5s engag4d In or 54 able to engag in a gainiul o44UPatioa, ad should the %ate Board of Truat444 by .aR~orab~* John S. **Bud&,** Jr., paga 3

majority rote conour in su4h report, thsn th4 amount ofhi6 4lb~4tno4 shall be dieoonbln~a~
or reduced to am amount bywh5oh them-t & tha mIt Year'8 8&?iry Of th4 bOBGflOi~, m a teaoher, (aco-da his preseut earnlq oapaoity. flbuld hla @mine oapaofty **be** later ohanti, 

### thewount ofhisallowanoe aax be further modi

### tied;Provided,that the

### revised allomnoe ahall not exoesd the asumnt of the allwuwo ori@m~.I17 granted, 

### nor &all It l roaed an amount whiah, 

### W&B added to the 

### amountearnable br the b-&ioiary, equaln the aaount of hIa compensation
rar the laastyear prior 

### toretirmmnt.~

SUbseotion 3

### providasthe 

### 6OBdit5OBSqvon*hioh . 

### n-bar l~sy 

### beretiredon a dlsablllty retimt alloraa~~ namely, 

### Wat theMaQiaal Boar6 **after** a psedlaal

### axuiaetlon OS mohmembor, shall oertif'ythat az4hmemb4zls~atally or physleally lnoapnoltate4 

### ror the further p4rfamame oi $&a that suoh lnuapaoity 5s likely to be permamat, 

### aud suoh Baembershould be retlmLr (~5phaa5e supplied.) *m&y* aa uaad in the otatute obr5otmly mean& 

### thatduty by 

### virtue or uhloh the pareon is a

### member of th4 Rrtfr4amt sYrr*. Thersrore, ii ths LtsdimalBoard reaah*r the uonoluslon that the member ia inonpaoltated 

### ror ntrtber towh5ng and oertiiies 

### thy&mm8 in aWOrd6IBW with thu statutG,~wo ara 

### or the opialon that the state ~0at-dof Trustw~8 say retire them4mbsr beoauae of auoh Qleab515tp.

Subaeation s(a) daal.ewfth a 

### pereonwho 

### wasretired on eooount of d5aablllty **but rho**  **18 POW** **‘ WJ** **l~~gcr~ m**  

### lnoapaaltated

or engaged or able to engags fn a ga5r$l%ldeoupation. TheToard ot Tmateee ia authorized tor8dU44 the aJJ.owenoaof suoh a person BOW engaged in a gainful OoOupation to an amount by whluh tha last yearb salary of tti bQnefiaiery, ae a teaoher;exoeeds his present aWAing aagaO5ty. IB other words, the allowanoe shall not be greateJ!than tba amaunt when a&led to hi8 present sarn5ag capaaftjrevala hfa laet year.0 aelary as a t44Oh8ro

~8 this

### pr0~56fon prevat the Board or 'pmzsteerr from ret5r5ng a

### memberphysicrallyormentall.y5mapaQitated from teaching bear&we ha Is engaged 5n ama Sam OQauPation? we thfnk not. SO&ion 3 doe% not 

### State that theHonorable John 9.

### Rudd, ar., **page** 4

member met not be so %n&%ged, and we **are** not authorized, nor do we feel thatwe should read it into the statute. There would be BO reason to dlst5ngulsh betweeu amember engaged in a gain?ul oocupatlon et the time of retirement, and on6who is not but who later beoofiesso engaged, and penal;%4 the former. 'ile do believe, 

### however, that Seation S(a) sets the maxisiwnallowan of suoh person.

**In view**  O? the foregoing, it 5s the opinion of this department that the State Board of Trustees of thr **T840hOr** Rfhlrement System 

### ieauthorized toretire a amtb%T, who i8 physloally 

### ormentally 

### inOapa6itatedfrom thefurther p8r?ormanoo o? his 

### duty as a teaoher, on a 658ablllty re

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allowa~ae under !3ub%8otlon3, Se@tlon 5

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### TeaoherRetirwwnt kot ev4n though %uoh mmber is enga@l in
a grlnrul oooupation ot the time of retlremsnt~ however, the allowanor o? eueh tiearbor shall not be more than that amount rhioh when aadsd to the anount earnable in auoh gainful oooupatlon **4xo4od8** his last yvmz*8 ooolponsatlonas a 

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