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TX Govt Code § 854.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.309. Refund at Annuity Discontinuance

Sec. 854.309.  REFUND AT ANNUITY DISCONTINUANCE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued under Section 854.307 or the right to an annuity revoked under Section 854.306(b), the retiree is entitled to a lump-sum payment in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the retiree's individual account at the time of disability retirement exceeds the amount of current service annuity payments made before the date the annuity was discontinued or the right to an annuity revoked.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is not payable to a retiree who resumes employment with a participating subdivision or otherwise becomes gainfully employed.(c)  The benefit provided by this section is payable from the benefit accumulation fund.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 227, ch. 18, Sec. 90, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.308 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 17, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.401. Eligibility for Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.401.  ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  A member as an employee of a municipal department included, as provided by Section 852.003, in the coverage of the supplemental disability benefits fund is eligible to retire and receive a supplemental disability retirement annuity if the member:(1)  is eligible to receive a disability retirement annuity under Section 854.302;(2)  is the subject of a certification and finding under Section 854.402, as well as a certification under the applicable finding provided by Section 854.303;  and(3)  filed an application for the benefits before January 1, 1989.(b)  Any claim for supplemental disability benefits not filed with the board of trustees before January 1, 1989, is barred.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 11, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.401 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.402. Certification and Finding of Disability

Sec. 854.402.  CERTIFICATION AND FINDING OF DISABILITY.  (a)  The medical board shall issue and send to the board of trustees a certification of disability for a member included in the coverage of the supplemental disability benefits fund if, after a medical examination of the member, the medical board finds that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated and is unable to engage in gainful occupation.(b)  A member is entitled to a supplemental disability retirement annuity if the board of trustees, after receiving a certification of disability for the member under this section, finds that the member's incapacity:(1)  is the direct result of injuries sustained after the effective date of coverage of the member in the supplemental disability benefits fund and before January 1, 1988, as a direct and proximate result of the performance of the duties of the member's employment;  and(2)  is likely to be permanent.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 12, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.402 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.403. Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.403.  SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  A supplemental disability retirement annuity payable under this subtitle is an amount that, when added to a member's standard disability retirement annuity or, if the member is eligible for service retirement, to the member's standard service retirement annuity, equals one-half of the member's average monthly compensation for service as an employee of a participating department of a municipality:(1)  for the 60 months immediately preceding the month in which the injury occurred;  or(2)  if the member did not perform service in each of the 60 months immediately preceding the month in which the injury occurred, for the number of months of service within the 60-month period.(b)  In a computation of average monthly compensation under this section, compensation is excluded that exceeds the maximum amount on which the member was required to make contributions to the retirement system.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.403 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.404. Conditions for Benefits

Sec. 854.404.  CONDITIONS FOR BENEFITS.  (a)  Supplemental disability benefits payable from the supplemental disability benefits fund cease on the death of the disability retiree and are, except as provided by this subchapter, subject to the same terms of issuance as are standard disability retirement benefits.  The suspension or discontinuance of a disability retirement annuity automatically suspends or discontinues, as applicable, a supplemental disability retirement annuity based on the same service.(b)  The board of trustees may reduce proportionally all supplemental disability benefits payable from the supplemental benefits fund at any time and for a period that the board finds necessary to prevent payments from the fund in a year from exceeding available assets in the fund in that year.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 227, ch. 18, Sec. 91, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.404 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.405. Optional Occupational Disability Benefits Program

Sec. 854.405.  OPTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY BENEFITS PROGRAM.  (a)  This section and Sections 854.406, 854.407, 854.408, 854.409, and 854.410, providing for an occupational disability benefits program, apply to municipalities having a participation date in the retirement system after August 31, 1987.  The governing body of any municipality having an earlier effective date of participation may by ordinance adopt the provisions of this section and Sections 854.406, 854.407, 854.408, 854.409, and 854.410 in lieu of the disability program provided for under Subchapter D.(b)  A governing body may not adopt an ordinance under this section unless the actuary first determines, on the basis of mortality and other tables adopted by the board of trustees, that all obligations of the municipality to the benefit accumulation fund, including obligations proposed under the ordinance, can be funded by the municipality within its maximum contribution rate and within its amortization period.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.405 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 18, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.406 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.406. Application for Occupational Disability Benefits

Sec. 854.406.  APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY BENEFITS.  A member who is employed by a municipality that has adopted or is subject to the occupational disability benefits program may apply for an occupational disability retirement benefit in the same form and manner as that prescribed by Section 854.301.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.406 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.407 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.407. Eligibility for Benefits and Determination of Disability

Sec. 854.407.  ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS AND DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY.  (a)  As soon as practicable after an application for occupational disability benefits has been filed, the medical board shall evaluate the medical and other pertinent information concerning the member's application.  The medical board may require the member to be examined by one or more physicians designated by it.(b)  The medical board shall issue a certification of occupational disability and send it to the board of trustees if the medical board finds:(1)  that the member is physically or mentally disabled for further performance of the duties of the member's employment;(2)  that the disability is likely to be permanent;  and(3)  that the member should be retired.(c)  A member who is issued a certificate by the medical board as provided by this section is eligible to receive a standard occupational disability retirement annuity on the terms prescribed by Section 854.408.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.407 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.408 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.408. Standard Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.408.  STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.(a)  The standard occupational disability retirement annuity payable under this subchapter is the sum of the member's prior service annuity and current service annuity.  A prior service annuity is subject to reduction under Section 855.308(f).  A standard occupational disability retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of the retiree except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.(b)  The occupational disability retirement annuity of a disability retiree may not be suspended under this subchapter after the date the disability retiree attains 60 years of age.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2020.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2020.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.408 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1994;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 13, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 13, eff. January 1, 2020.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 854.410 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.410. Optional Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.410.  OPTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  Instead of the standard occupational disability retirement annuity payable under Section 854.408, a member retiring for disability may elect to receive an optional occupational disability retirement annuity under this section.(b)  An optional occupational disability retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of the retiree and is actuarially adjusted from the standard occupational disability retirement annuity to its actuarial equivalent under the option selected under Subsection (c).(c)  An eligible person may select an optional annuity under Section 854.104(c).(d)  An option under Subsection (c) applies to both prior and current service annuities, except that prior service annuities are subject to reduction under Section 855.308(f).(e)  To select an optional occupational disability retirement annuity, a member or retiree must make the selection and designate a beneficiary on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system before the 31st day after the effective date of retirement.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2020.(g)  If a person who retires after August 31, 1997, elects a reduced retirement annuity that is payable until the death of the last to die of the retiree and a person designated under Subsection (e), and if the retiree survives the other person, the monthly payments to the retiree will be increased to the amounts that would have been payable if the retiree at the time of retirement had elected to receive an annuity payable only during the retiree's life, and adjustments had been made for any applicable postretirement increases in that benefit.  The increased benefit becomes payable the month after the month in which the person designated under Subsection (e) dies and continues until the retiree dies.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.410 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 14, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 15, eff. January 1, 2020.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 854.411 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Optional Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 854.411. Rules for Optional Disability Retirement Annuities

Sec. 854.411.  RULES FOR OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.  The board of trustees may adopt rules necessary or desirable to implement this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 16, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 854.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Death Benefits|Section 854.501. Return of Contributions

Sec. 854.501.  RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the benefit accumulation fund in the amount of:(1)  the amount credited to the member's individual account; plus(2)  interest computed from the beginning of the year in which death occurs through the end of the month immediately preceding the month in which death occurs at the rate allowed on member contributions during the preceding year.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable to the decedent's estate unless the decedent has directed that the benefit be paid otherwise.(c)  A benefit is not payable under this section if an annuity based on the decedent's service is payable under this subtitle.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.501 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 19, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Death Benefits|Section 854.502. Refund of Unrecovered Contributions

Sec. 854.502.  REFUND OF UNRECOVERED CONTRIBUTIONS.  (a)  If monthly payments of any standard service retirement annuity under Section 854.103, optional service retirement annuity under Section 854.104, standard disability retirement annuity under Section 854.304, optional disability retirement annuity under Section 854.305, standard occupational disability retirement annuity under Section 854.408, or optional occupational disability retirement annuity under Section 854.410 cease before the sum of all payments of the annuity equals or exceeds the amount of accumulated contributions credited to the member's individual account at the time of retirement of the member on whose service the annuity was based, a lump-sum benefit equal to the amount by which the amount of the accumulated contributions exceeds the sum of all payments made by reason of the annuity is payable:(1)  to the designated beneficiary, if living, or if not living, to the estate of the designated beneficiary, if the designated beneficiary survived the retiree; or(2)  to the estate of the retiree, if the designated beneficiary predeceased the retiree.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable from the benefit accumulation fund.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 228, ch. 18, Sec. 92, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.502 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 20, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Death Benefits|Section 854.503. Trust as Beneficiary

Sec. 854.503.  TRUST AS BENEFICIARY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member or retiree may designate a trust as beneficiary for the payment of benefits from the retirement system.  If a trust is designated beneficiary, the beneficiary of the trust is considered the designated beneficiary for the purpose of determining eligibility for and the amount and duration of benefits.  The trustee is entitled to exercise any rights to elect benefit options and name subsequent beneficiaries.(b)  A trust having more than one beneficiary may not receive benefits to which multiple designated beneficiaries are not eligible under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 854.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Death Benefits|Section 854.504. Person Causing Death of Member or Annuitant

Sec. 854.504.  PERSON CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT.  (a)  A benefit payable on the death of a member or annuitant may not be paid to a person convicted of causing that death but instead is payable to a person who would be entitled to the benefit had the convicted person predeceased the decedent.  If no person would be entitled to the benefit, the benefit is payable to the decedent's estate.(b)  The retirement system is not required to pay a benefit under Subsection (a) of this section unless it receives actual notice of the conviction of the person who would have been entitled to the benefits.  However, the retirement system may delay payment of a benefit payable on the death of a member or annuitant pending the results of a criminal investigation and of legal proceedings relating to the cause of death.(c)  The retirement system shall convert the remainder of any annuity that would otherwise have been payable throughout the life of the convicted person to an actuarially equivalent annuity payable to the decedent's estate in 60 monthly annuity payments.  The time of the actuarial equivalence is the earlier of the time the retirement system receives the notice of the conviction under Subsection (b) or the time the retirement system begins the delay in payment of a benefit according to Subsection (b).(d)  For the purposes of this section, a person has been convicted of causing the death of a member or annuitant if the person:(1)  has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty by a court of an offense at the trial of which it is established that the person's intentional, knowing, or reckless act or omission resulted in the death of a person who was a member or annuitant, regardless of whether sentence is imposed or probated;  and(2)  has no appeal of the conviction pending and the time provided for appeal has expired.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 854.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Death Benefits|Section 854.505. Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary

Sec. 854.505.  SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY.  When a member or retiree and the spouse or beneficiary of the member or retiree have died within a period of less than 120 hours of each other, the member or retiree is considered to have survived the spouse or beneficiary for the purpose of determining the rights to amounts payable under this subtitle on the death of the member or retiree.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 854.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter G. Optional Death Benefits|Section 854.601. Coverage in Supplemental Death Benefit Program

Sec. 854.601.  COVERAGE IN SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PROGRAM.  (a)  An employee of a participating municipality is included within the coverage of the supplemental death benefit program on the first day of the first month in which:(1)  the employing municipality is participating in the supplemental death benefits fund for coverage of all members it employs;(2)  the employee is a member of the retirement system;  and(3)  the employee is required to make a contribution to the retirement system.(b)  Once established, coverage of a person in the supplemental death benefit program continues until the last day of a month in which a requirement of Subsection (a) is not met.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.601 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|