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TX Govt Code § 854.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.101. Application for Service Retirement

Sec. 854.101.  APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT.  A member may apply for service retirement by filing a retirement application with the board of trustees not later than the date specified by the member for retirement or, if the member has not previously selected an optional service retirement annuity under Section 854.105, not earlier than the 90th day before that date.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.101 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 854.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.103. Standard Service Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.103.  STANDARD SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  The standard service retirement annuity payable under this subtitle is the sum of a member's prior service annuity and current service annuity.(b)  A standard service retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of a retiree.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.103 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 854.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.106. No Surviving Spouse, Executor, or Administrator

Sec. 854.106.  NO SURVIVING SPOUSE, EXECUTOR, OR ADMINISTRATOR.  (a)  If a surviving spouse, or the executor or administrator of a member's estate, would be entitled to make an election under Section 854.105 because of the death of the member, the heirs of the deceased member may make that election if:(1)  no surviving spouse exists;(2)  no petition for the appointment of a personal representative of the member is pending or has been granted;(3)  30 days have elapsed since the death of the member;(4)  the value of the entire assets of the member's estate, excluding homestead and exempt property, does not exceed $50,000;(5)  there are not more than three heirs; and(6)  on file with the retirement system is a certified copy of a small estates affidavit that has been approved and filed in accordance with Chapter 205, Estates Code, or an original affidavit as described by Subsection (b).(b)  If no affidavit has been filed with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction and venue as provided by Chapter 205, Estates Code, the retirement system may accept instead an affidavit sworn to by two disinterested witnesses, by the heirs who have legal capacity, and, if the facts warrant, by the natural guardian or next of kin of any minor or incompetent who is also an heir.  The affidavit shall include the names and addresses of the heirs and witnesses, establish the facts listed in Subsection (a), include a list of the assets and liabilities of the estate, show the facts that constitute the basis for the right of the heirs to receive the estate, and show the fractional interests of the heirs in the estate as a result of those facts.(c)  If the retirement system, acting through the director or a person designated by the director, approves the affidavit, the heirs can make the election if each heir agrees to the election.(d)  In this section, "heirs" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 22, Estates Code, except that the term excludes any persons who have filed with the retirement system a proper disclaimer or renunciation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.044, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Govt Code § 854.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.107. Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity

Sec. 854.107.  DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER STRAIGHT LIFE OR GUARANTEED TERM ANNUITY.  (a)  This section applies only to a retiree who marries after the date of the person's retirement and who at the time of retirement selected either:(1)  a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree's life and would not be paid after the retiree's death, except as provided by Section 854.502;  or(2)  a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree's life and, if the retiree dies before 60, 120, or 180 monthly annuity payments, as appropriate, have been made, would be payable for the remainder of those months.(b)  A retiree described under Subsection (a) may replace the annuity by selecting an optional retirement annuity under Section 854.104(c)(1), (2), or (5) and by designating the person's spouse as beneficiary in the same manner as an annuity selection and designation of beneficiary may be made before retirement.(c)  The selection under Subsection (b) must be filed with the retirement system before the first anniversary of the date of the marriage unless the postretirement marriage occurred before January 1, 2002, in which case the selection must be filed with the retirement system before January 1, 2003.(d)  A person may make a postretirement designation of a beneficiary under this section only once.(e)  The retirement system shall adjust the monthly payments of the annuity under the option selected to an actuarial equivalent amount of the annuity being paid immediately before the change in benefit option and beneficiary selection.(f)  The selection of an optional annuity and designation of a beneficiary under this section is not effective if the retiree or beneficiary dies before the date the change is to take effect.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 854.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.108. Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Joint and Survivor Annuity

Sec. 854.108.  DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY.  (a)  This section applies only to a retiree who:(1)  at the time of retirement selected an optional annuity providing that, after the retiree's death, payments would be made to a beneficiary throughout the remaining life of the beneficiary and the beneficiary predeceases the retiree;(2)  marries after the date of the person's retirement;  and(3)  has not previously replaced an annuity under this section.(b)  A retiree described by Subsection (a) may replace an annuity by selecting an optional annuity under Section 854.104(c)(1), (2), or (5) and designating the person's spouse as beneficiary in the same manner as an annuity selection and designation of beneficiary may be made before retirement.(c)  The selection under Subsection (b) must be filed with the retirement system before the first anniversary of the date of the marriage unless the postretirement marriage occurred before January 1, 2002, in which case the selection must be filed with the retirement system before January 1, 2003.(d)  The retirement system shall adjust the monthly payments of the annuity under the option selected to an actuarial equivalent amount of the annuity being paid immediately before the change in benefit option and beneficiary selection.(e)  The selection of an optional annuity and designation of a beneficiary under this section is not effective if the retiree or beneficiary dies before the date the change is to take effect.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 854.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Optional Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.201. Optional Service Retirement Eligibility

Sec. 854.201.  OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality having an effective date of participation in the retirement system before May 29, 1969, by ordinance may authorize eligibility for a service retirement annuity as provided by this section.(b)  The governing body may authorize a member who is an employee of the municipality to be eligible for service retirement who is at least 50 years old and has at least 25 years of credited service performed for one or more municipalities that either have authorized eligibility under this section or are subject to Section 854.102(d), or to terminate employment and remain eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity at any time after the member attains an applicable age provided by law for service retirement of employees of the municipality, if the member has at least 20 years of credited service performed for one or more municipalities that either have authorized eligibility under this section or are subject to Section 854.102(d).(c)  A governing body may not adopt an ordinance under this section unless the actuary first determines that all obligations charged against the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund, including the obligations proposed in the ordinance, can be funded by the municipality within its maximum contribution rate and within its amortization period.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 224, ch. 18, Sec. 82, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.201 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. 14, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Optional Service Retirement Benefits|Section 854.205. Five-Year Vesting

Sec. 854.205.  FIVE-YEAR VESTING.  (a)  This section applies to each municipality unless the municipality's governing board files with the board of trustees before December 31, 2001, an election to not provide for five-year vesting.  A governing board that elects to not provide five-year vesting may revoke that election by sending notice to the board of trustees to provide for five-year vesting.(b)  After December 31, 2001, a member may terminate covered employment and remain eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity at any time after the member attains an applicable age as provided by law if the member has at least five years of credited service performed for one or more municipalities to which the five-year vesting provision under this section applies.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 854.301 (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 854.301. Application for Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.301.  APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  A member may apply for a disability retirement annuity by:(1)  filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees;  or(2)  having an application filed with the board by the member's employer or legal representative.(b)  An application for a disability retirement annuity may not be filed later than the date specified by the member for retirement or earlier than the 90th day before that date.(c)  An applicant must submit to medical examination as required by the medical board.(d)  A member may not apply for a disability retirement annuity under this subchapter after the date the member's participating municipality begins participation in the occupational disability benefits program under Subchapter E.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.301 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 13, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 12, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 854.302 (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 854.302. Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.302.  ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  A member who has less than 10 years of credited service in the retirement system is eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 854.303(b)(1).(b)  A member who has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system is eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 854.303(b)(2). A member eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity under this subsection may elect to retire and receive instead a service retirement benefit but may not receive both types of benefits.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 854.303 (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 854.303. Certification of Disability

Sec. 854.303.  CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY.  (a)  As soon as practicable after an application for disability retirement is filed, the medical board shall evaluate the medical and other pertinent information concerning the member's application.(b)  The medical board shall issue a certification of disability and send it to the board of trustees if the medical board finds:(1)  in the case of a member who has less than 10 years of credited service in the retirement system, that:(A)  the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty;(B)  the incapacity is the direct result of injuries sustained during membership by external and violent means as a direct and proximate result of the performance of duty;(C)  the incapacity is likely to be permanent;  and(D)  the member should be retired;  or(2)  in the case of a member who has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system, that:(A)  the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty;(B)  the incapacity is likely to be permanent;  and(C)  the member should be retired.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.303 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 854.304 (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 854.304. Standard Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.304.  STANDARD DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  The standard disability retirement annuity payable under this subtitle is the sum of a member's prior service annuity and current service annuity.(b)  A prior service annuity is subject to reduction as provided by Section 855.308(f).(c)  A standard disability retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of a retiree. When a retiree who receives an annuity under this section dies, an additional benefit may be payable under Section 854.502.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 226, ch. 18, Sec. 86, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.304 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 11, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 854.305 (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 854.305. Optional Disability Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.305.  OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  Instead of the standard disability retirement annuity payable under Section 854.304, a member retiring for disability may elect to receive an optional disability retirement annuity under this section.(b)  An optional disability retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of the retiree and is actuarially adjusted from the standard 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 disability retirement annuity, a member or retiree must make the selection and designate a beneficiary on a form prescribed by and filed with the board of trustees before the 31st day after the effective date of retirement.(f)  If a disability retirement annuity is discontinued under Section 854.308, any selection of an option that applies to the annuity becomes void.(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 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 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 226, ch. 18, Sec. 87, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.3041 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 12, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 854.306 (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 854.306. Medical Examination of Disability Retiree

Sec. 854.306.  MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE.  (a)  Once each year during the first five years after a person retires for disability, and once in each three-year period after that, the board of trustees may require a disability retiree who is less than 60 years old to undergo a medical examination by one or more physicians designated by the board.(b)  If a disability retiree refuses to submit to a medical examination as provided by this section, the board of trustees shall suspend the retiree's annuity payments until the retiree submits to an examination.  If a retiree has not submitted to an examination as provided by this section before the first anniversary of the date of first refusal, the board shall revoke all rights of the retiree to an annuity.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.305 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 854.307 (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 854.307. Certification of End of Disability

Sec. 854.307.  CERTIFICATION OF END OF DISABILITY.  (a)  If the medical board finds that a disability retiree is no longer mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of duty or is able to engage in gainful occupation, it shall certify its findings and submit them to the board of trustees.(b)  If the board of trustees concurs in a certification under this section, it shall discontinue annuity payments to the retiree.|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. 88, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.306 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.308 (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 854.308. Return of Disability Retiree to Active Service or Employment

Sec. 854.308.  RETURN OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO ACTIVE SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  If a retiree who is less than 60 years old and who is receiving a disability retirement annuity resumes employment with a participating municipality or otherwise becomes gainfully employed, the person automatically resumes membership in the retirement system, and the board of trustees shall terminate the person's annuity payments.(b)  If a person resumes membership under this section, the retirement system shall restore to effect any prior service credit, special prior service credit, antecedent service credit, or updated service credit used in determining the amount of the person's annuity at the time of disability retirement.  If the person subsequently retires, the retirement system shall allow the person credit for all current service for which required contributions have been made and not withdrawn.|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. 89, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.307 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|