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TX Govt Code § 853.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter E. Optional Increases in Service Credits|Section 853.403. Approval of Ordinance

Sec. 853.403.  APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE.  (a)  An ordinance adopted under Section 853.401 may not take effect unless the board of trustees approves the ordinance as meeting the requirements of this section.  The board may not approve an ordinance unless the actuary first determines, and the board concurs in the determination, that all obligations charged against the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund, including obligations proposed in the ordinance, can be funded by the municipality within its maximum total contribution rate and within its amortization period as in effect on the date the updated service credits take effect.(b)  The board of trustees may adopt rules it finds necessary to ensure that the retirement system receives in a timely manner from a municipality the certified information the actuary requires to make the necessary determinations before the date the updated service credits take effect.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 78, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.403 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 853.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.501. Military Service by Member

Sec. 853.501.  MILITARY SERVICE BY MEMBER.  (a)  A member of the retirement system is allowed credited service as provided in this subchapter if at any time the person:(1)  leaves employment with a participating municipality to perform and performs active duty service in the armed forces or the armed forces reserves of the United States or their auxiliaries, provided that:(A)  the person makes application for reemployment with the same municipality within 90 days after the person is released from active duty or discharged from such military service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year;  and(B)  the person is reemployed by the same participating municipality;  or(2)  is conscripted and leaves employment with a participating municipality to perform and performs war-related service during a state of war or during a conflict between the armed forces of the United States and the armed forces of a foreign country, provided that the person is reemployed by the same municipality within 90 days after the end of such service.(b)  Credit for service under this section may only be used as set forth in Section 853.505.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 853.502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.502. Other Military Service Credit

Sec. 853.502.  OTHER MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT.  (a)  The governing body of a participating municipality by ordinance may authorize eligible members in its employment to establish credit in the retirement system for active military service performed as a member of the armed forces or armed forces reserves of the United States or their auxiliaries, for which service the members do not receive credit under Section 853.501.(b)  A member eligible to establish credit for military service creditable as provided by this section is one who is an employee of a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under this section and who:(1)  was an employee of a participating municipality immediately prior to the military service, but terminated employment with the municipality and membership in the retirement system during the period of service, and applied for reemployment with the municipality not later than the 90th day after the date the person was released from active duty or discharged or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, and was reemployed by that municipality;  or(2)  has at least five years of credited service in the retirement system and has been an employee of one or more participating municipalities for at least five years.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 79, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.501 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 853.501 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 853.503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.503. Conditions for Receiving Military Service Credit

Sec. 853.503.  CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT.  No person can receive credit for service under this subchapter unless:(1)  the person's military service was terminated by release from active duty or discharge on terms not dishonorable;(2)  the person does not receive and is not eligible to receive federal retirement payments based on 20 years or more of active military service or its equivalent;  and(3)  the person does not have and does not receive credit for the service in any other public retirement system or program established under laws of this state.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 853.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.504. Establishment of Military Service Credit

Sec. 853.504.  ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT.  (a)  An eligible member may establish credit under Section 853.501 by filing written application therefor with the retirement system, accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the member's military service.(b)  An eligible member seeking military service credit under Section 853.502 must file with the retirement system a written application for the credit, together with satisfactory evidence of the member's military service.(c)  No person may obtain credit under this subchapter for more than 60 months of military service.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 79, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.502 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 853.502 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 853.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.505. Use of Military Service Credit

Sec. 853.505.  USE OF MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT.  (a)  The retirement system shall use military service credit established under this subchapter in determining length-of-service requirements for benefits.(b)  Except as provided by Section 853.506, military service credit allowed under Section 853.501 shall have no monetary value in calculating the annuity payments allowable to the member and shall not be used in other computations, including computation of updated service credits or prior service credits.(c)  When a person who has military service credit under Section 853.502 retires and has paid for military service credit under former law, the retirement system shall compute an amount equal to the sum of any accumulated amount paid by the person for the military service credit under former law, plus an equal amount multiplied by the municipality's current service matching percent in effect on the date the member applied for the military service credit. The retirement system shall use the sum derived from that computation to make annuity payments to the person that are computed in the same manner as is the person's current service annuity, but the military service credit and the sum may not be used in other computations, including computations of updated service credits or prior service credits.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 79, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.503 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 853.503 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 10, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 853.506 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter F. Military Service|Section 853.506. Current Service for Reemployed Veterans

Sec. 853.506.  CURRENT SERVICE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS.  Notwithstanding any provision of this subtitle to the contrary, contributions, benefits, and service credit for qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 414).  The board of trustees may adopt rules that modify the terms of this subtitle for the purpose of compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 853.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter G. Optional Updated Service Credit for Transferred Service|Section 853.601. Ordinance Authorizing Updated Service Credit for Transferred Service

Sec. 853.601.  ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT FOR TRANSFERRED SERVICE.  (a)  The governing body of a participating municipality in ordinances authorizing updated service credits under Section 853.401 may provide that those members who are eligible for such credits on the basis of service with the granting municipality, who have unforfeited credit for prior service or current service with another participating municipality or municipalities by reason of previous employment, and who are contributing members on the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e), shall be credited in the retirement system with updated service credit calculated in the manner prescribed by Sections 853.401 and 853.402, except that in determining the base updated service credit of the member under Section 853.402(c)(1), all unforfeited credited service performed by the member by reason of previous employment in other participating municipalities prior to the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e) shall be treated as if performed in the service of the municipality adopting the ordinance, and that amount shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of:(1)  2 times the amount credited to the member's individual account on the date prescribed in Section 853.402(e), which any participating municipality has undertaken to match on a 1 to 1 ratio; plus(2)  2.5 times the amount credited to the member's individual account, subject to a 1.5 to 1 matching ratio by any participating municipality; plus(3)  3 times the amount credited to the member's individual account, subject to a 2 to 1 matching ratio by any participating municipality; and plus(4)  the sum of all updated service credits, prior service credits, special prior service credits, and antecedent service credits allowed to the member by any other participating municipality by which the member was previously employed and to which the member is entitled.(b)  If the member is granted an updated service credit by a previously employing municipality on or after the granting of an updated service credit under Subsection (a), the updated service credit granted under Subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of increase in credits resulting from the granting of updated service credits by the previous employer.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2977, ch. 512, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.601 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. 11, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 854.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.001. Types of Benefits

Sec. 854.001.  TYPES OF BENEFITS.  The types of benefits payable by the retirement system are:(1)  service retirement benefits;(2)  disability retirement benefits;  and(3)  death benefits.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 854.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.002. Composition of Retirement Annuity

Sec. 854.002.  COMPOSITION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  Each retirement annuity payable under this subtitle consists of a prior service annuity and a current service annuity.(b)  A prior service annuity is actuarially determined from any updated service credit or any prior service, special prior service, or antecedent service credit in effect for a member on the date of retirement, plus accumulated interest.(c)  A current service annuity is actuarially determined on the date of a member's retirement from the sum of:(1)  the amount credited to the member's individual account; and(2)  an additional amount from the benefit accumulation fund equal to the amount in the member's individual account or a greater amount authorized by a participating municipality under Section 855.501.(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, instead of an annuity, a person will receive from the retirement system a single payment equal to the sum of the following if on the date of that person's retirement that sum is $10,000 or less:(1)  any updated service credit or any prior service, special prior service, or antecedent service credit for that person on the date of retirement, plus accumulated interest;(2)  the amount credited to the person's individual account; and(3)  an additional  amount from the benefit accumulation fund equal to the amount in the member's individual account or a greater amount authorized by a participating municipality under Section 855.501.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 223, ch. 18, Sec. 80, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.002 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 5, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 12, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 854.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.003. Effective Date of Retirement

Sec. 854.003.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the effective date of a member's service retirement is the date the member designates at the time the member applies for retirement under Section 854.101, but the date must be the last day of a calendar month and may not precede the date the member terminates employment with all participating municipalities.(b)  If a member dies before retirement and an annuity becomes payable under Section 854.105, the member is considered to have retired on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which death occurred, except as provided by Subsection (e).(c)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the effective date of a member's disability retirement is the date designated on the application for retirement filed by or for the member as provided by Section 854.301, but the date must be the last day of a calendar month and may not precede the date the member terminates employment with all participating municipalities.(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, each distribution of a benefit under this subtitle must be determined and made in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, including the minimum incidental death benefit requirements of Section 401(a)(9)(G) of that code.  The board of trustees may adopt rules it determines necessary to comply with the distribution requirements, including rules under which a person is considered to have retired as a result of those requirements.(e)  If the person who is eligible to receive an annuity under Subsection (b) is the member's surviving spouse, the person may elect, by notifying the retirement system not later than the 180th day after the date of the member's death, to leave the member's accumulated contributions on deposit with the retirement system until the date the member would have been eligible for service retirement.  If a surviving spouse makes an election under this subsection, the deceased member is considered to have retired on the last day of the month in which the member would have attained an age for service retirement eligibility.  An election under this subsection is revocable before the payment of the first annuity payment by filing a written application approved by the board of trustees to receive the member's accumulated contributions.|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. 64.003 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1994;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2002;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 854.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.004. When Annuity Is Payable; Changes Before First Payment

Sec. 854.004.  WHEN ANNUITY IS PAYABLE;  CHANGES BEFORE FIRST PAYMENT.  (a)  A retiree may change the retiree's choice of retirement annuity payment plans or the designation of beneficiary after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the board of trustees before the later of the date on which the retirement system makes the first payment or the date the first annuity payment becomes due.  After the first payment has been made by the retirement system or has become due, a retiree may not change the annuity payment plan selected and may not change the designated beneficiary except under Section 854.006.(b)  For purposes of this section, the term "makes payment" includes the depositing in the mail of a payment or the crediting of an account with payment through electronic funds transfer.(c)  An annuity under this subtitle is payable for a period beginning on the last day of the first month following the month in which retirement occurs and ending, except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, on the last day of the month in which death occurs.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.004 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 6, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 854.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.005. Reduction of Annuity Payments on Request

Sec. 854.005.  REDUCTION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS ON REQUEST.  (a)  An annuitant by written request may authorize the retirement system to cease the annuitant's monthly payment or reduce the annuitant's monthly payment to an amount specified in the request.  In writing, the annuitant may subsequently request the retirement system to reinitiate or increase the annuitant's monthly payment at or to any specified amount that does not exceed the amount originally payable.(b)  If the retirement system receives a request under Subsection (a), the director may cause the monthly annuity payment of the requesting annuitant to be reduced or increased as specified in the request.(c)  Any amounts by which an annuity is reduced under this section are forfeited to the retirement system and are not recoverable by any person.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.005 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 854.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 854 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 854.007. Limitation on Payment of Benefits

Sec. 854.007.  LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.  If the amount of a benefit payment under this subtitle would exceed the limitations provided by Section 415, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, and the regulations adopted under that section, the retirement system shall reduce the amount of the benefit to comply with that section.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 12 to 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|