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TX Civ Stat § 11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 11. Service Credit

Sec. 11. SERVICE CREDIT.    (a)  A member who returns to service after an interruption in service is eligible for credit for the previous service to the extent provided by Section 17 or 19 of this article.(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, if a member has withdrawn the contributions made during any previous period of service, the previous period of service may not be counted in determining years of service unless the contributions are repaid to the pension system in accordance with Section 17 of this article.(c)  A member may not have any service credited for unused sick leave, vacation pay, accumulated overtime, or equivalent types of pay until the date the member retires, at which time the member may apply some or all of the service to satisfy the requirements for retirement, although the member otherwise could not meet the service requirement without the credit.(d) The board shall determine the prior service to be credited to each employee of the police department who becomes an active member of the pension system.  The board shall rely on the personnel records of the city or the police department in determining prior service credits.
TX Civ Stat § 13 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 13. Resumption of Service as Department Head After Retirement

Sec. 13. RESUMPTION OF SERVICE AS DEPARTMENT HEAD AFTER RETIREMENT.    (a)  The pension system shall suspend all pension payments to a retired member who has separated from service and is subsequently appointed as the department head of the police department.  The suspension of payments begins on the effective date of the person's appointment.(b) Pension benefits based on the person's previous period of service do not accrue during the period of pension payment suspension described by Subsection (a) of this section, but the person again becomes an active member during this period, and contributions of the city and the department head for the subsequent service are payable during the period.  The department head retains credit for all previous service and acquires credit for the subsequent service unless the department head is or becomes a DROP participant.(c) Once the department head again separates from service, pension benefits under this article shall resume based on both periods of service.
TX Civ Stat § 16A (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 16A. Beneficiary Designation for Drop

Sec. 16A.  BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FOR DROP.  (a)  Except for the marriage requirement described by Section 16(a) of this article, the provisions of Section 16 of this article pertaining to rights of survivors do not apply to an amount held in a member's DROP account.  A member who participates in DROP may designate a beneficiary in the form and manner prescribed by or on behalf of the board to receive the balance of the member's DROP account in the event of the member's death, as permitted by Section 401(a)(9) of the code and the board's policies.  A member who is married is considered to have designated the member's spouse as the member's beneficiary unless the spouse consents, in a notarized writing delivered to the board, to the designation of another person as beneficiary.  If no designated beneficiary survives the member, the board shall pay the balance of the member's DROP account to the member's beneficiaries in the following order:(1)  to the member's spouse;(2)  if the member does not have a spouse, to each natural or adopted child of the member, or to the guardian of the child if the child is a minor or has a disability, in equal shares;(3)  if the member does not have a spouse or any children, to each surviving parent of the member in equal shares; or(4)  if the member has no beneficiaries described by Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection, to the estate of the member.(b)  If a member names a spouse as a beneficiary and is subsequently divorced from that spouse, the divorce voids the designation of the divorced spouse as the member's beneficiary.  A designation of a divorced spouse will cause the board to pay any balance remaining in the member's DROP account in the order prescribed by Subsection (a) of this section.(c)  The surviving spouse may designate a beneficiary on a form prescribed by the pension system to receive the balance of the DROP account owed but not received before the surviving spouse's death.(d)  Payment of the balance of the member's DROP account made in accordance with this section on behalf of a minor or other person under a legal disability fully discharges the pension system's obligation to that person.
TX Civ Stat § 18 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 18. Employment by Another Department

Sec. 18. EMPLOYMENT BY ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.    (a)  Except as provided by this section:(1)  credit may not be allowed to any person for service with any department in the city other than the police department;(2)  a person's service will be computed from the date of entry into the service of the police department as a classified police officer until the date of separation from service with the police department; and(3)  a member who received service credit for service with any department in the city other than the police department and who is receiving a monthly pension benefit or who began participation in DROP before the year 2017 effective date shall continue to have the service credit apply.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 320 (S.B. 2190), Sec. 2.32, eff. July 1, 2017.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 320 (S.B. 2190), Sec. 2.32, eff. July 1, 2017.(d) Classified police officers who were formerly employed by a city as park police, airport police, or marshals, who were involuntarily transferred from another city department to the police department of the city, and who are current active members of the pension system shall have the option to receive credit with the pension system for previous service with another pension system of the city, provided that a person may not receive service credit for both pension systems for the same period of service.
TX Civ Stat § 19 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 19. Persons Rejoining or Transferred by City; Service Credit; Double Benefits; Return to Service

Sec. 19. PERSONS REJOINING OR TRANSFERRED BY CITY;  SERVICE CREDIT;  DOUBLE BENEFITS;  RETURN TO SERVICE.    (a)  An employee of the city who has retired under this article or under former law governing the pension system and is or has been transferred by action of the city to a classified position in a police department included in the pension system again becomes an active member of the pension system as of the effective date of the transfer.(b)  A person who rejoins the pension system under this section is eligible to receive service credit for each day of service and work performed by the person in a classified position in the police department, except for any period during which the person is a DROP participant.  The board shall add service earned after the transfer to the prior service the active member accrued in a classified position in the police department.  However, the active member may not receive service credit under this article, except to the extent provided by Section 18, for service performed for the city other than in a classified position in the police department.(c) After a transfer described by this section, contributions of the city and the active member become payable as for other active members of the pension system.(d)  When a member who has transferred as described by this section subsequently retires, the retired member is eligible for a pension computed on the basis of the combined service described by Subsection (b) of this section, after deducting any period in which the member was suspended from duty without pay, on leave of absence without pay, separated from service, or employed by the city in a capacity other than in a classified position in the police department.(e) If a retired member receives both pension benefits from the pension system and a salary from a classified position in the police department that cover the same period, the retired member shall repay to the pension system the pension benefits received during that period.  The board shall withhold payment of pension benefits under this article if it is determined that a retired member is receiving both pension benefits from the fund and a salary from the police department that cover the same period.  On request of the board, the city attorney or a private attorney chosen by the board shall file suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover pension benefits owed to the pension system under this subsection.(f) This article does not authorize the return to service with a police department or the resumption of active membership in the pension system by a retired member except as specifically provided by Section 13 or 14 of this article or this section.
TX Civ Stat § 20 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 20. Donations

Sec. 20. DONATIONS.  The pension system may accept gifts and donations, and the gifts and donations shall be added to the fund for the use of the pension system, including, but not limited to, for use for education programs and the related administrative expenses of the programs.
TX Civ Stat § 21 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 21. Determination of Benefits; Provision of Information

Sec. 21.  DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS; PROVISION OF INFORMATION.  (a)  The board may require any member, survivor, or other person or entity to furnish information the board requires for the determination of benefits under this article.  If a person or entity does not cooperate in the furnishing or obtaining of information required as provided by this section, the board may withhold payment of the pension or other benefits dependent on the information.(b)  The city, not later than the 14th day after the date the city receives a request by or on behalf of the board, shall, unless otherwise prohibited by law, supply the pension system with personnel, payroll, and financial records in the city's possession that the pension system determines necessary to provide pension administrative and fiduciary services under this section, to establish beneficiaries' eligibility for any benefit, or to determine a member's credited service or the amount of any benefits, including disability benefits, and such other information the pension system may need, including:(1)  information needed to verify service, including the following information:(A)  the date a person is sworn in to a position;(B)  the days a person is under suspension;(C)  the days a person is absent without pay, including the days a person is on maternity leave;(D)  the date of a person's termination from employment; and(E)  the date of a person's reemployment with the city;(2)  medical records;(3)  workers' compensation records and pay information;(4)  payroll information;(5)  information needed to verify whether a member is on military leave; and(6)  information regarding phase-down participants, including information related to entry date and phase-down plan.(c)  The city shall provide any information that may be reasonably necessary to enable the pension system to comply with administrative services the pension system performs for the city as reasonably necessary to obtain any ruling or determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service.(d)  The information provided by the city shall be transmitted to the pension system electronically in a format specified by the pension system, to the extent available to the city, or in writing if so requested on behalf of the pension system.(e)  The pension system shall determine each member's credited service and pension benefits on the basis of the personnel and financial records of the city and the records of the pension system.
TX Civ Stat § 22 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 22. Legal Advice

Sec. 22. LEGAL ADVICE.  The city attorney of the city shall handle all legal matters for the pension system that are referred by the board without additional compensation for the service.  The board may, however, as it considers necessary, employ outside legal counsel to the exclusion of, or to assist, the city attorney and pay reasonable compensation for the service of the additional legal counsel from the fund.Sec. 23.  MEMBERS IN MILITARY SERVICE.  (a)  A member of the pension system engaged in active service in a uniformed service may not be required to make the monthly payments into the fund and may not lose any previous years' service with the city because of the uniformed service.  The uniformed service shall count as continuous service in the police department if the member returns to the city police department after discharge from the uniformed service as an employee within the period required by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.), as amended, and the uniformed service does not exceed the period for which a person is eligible to have service counted pursuant to that Act.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, contributions and benefits shall be paid and qualified service for military service shall be determined in compliance with Section 414(u) of the code.(b)  The city is required to make its payments into the fund on behalf of each member while the member is engaged in a uniformed service.  If a member who has less than 10 years of service in the pension system dies directly or indirectly as a result of the uniformed service, and without returning to active service, the spouse, dependent children, dependent parent, or estate of the member is eligible to receive a benefit in the same manner as described by Section 16(c) of this article.
TX Civ Stat § 24 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 24. Actions for Funds Misapplied

Sec. 24. ACTIONS FOR FUNDS MISAPPLIED.    (a)  The board may recover by civil action from any offending party or from the party's bondsman, if any, any money paid out or obtained from the fund through fraud, misrepresentation, theft, embezzlement, or misapplication and may institute, conduct, and maintain the action in the name of the board for the use and benefit of the fund.(b)  Payments due on behalf of a dependent child shall be paid to the dependent child's guardian, if any, or if none to the person with whom the dependent child is living, except that the board may make payments directly to a dependent child in an appropriate case and withhold payments otherwise due on behalf of any person if the board has reason to believe the payments are not being applied on behalf of the person eligible to receive them.  The board may request a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a person to receive and administer the payments due to any dependent child or person under a disability.
TX Civ Stat § 27 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 27. Certain Written Agreements Between Pension System and City Authorized

Sec. 27.  CERTAIN WRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PENSION SYSTEM AND CITY AUTHORIZED.  (a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board or a designee of the board is responsible for representing the interests of the pension system and all pension issues and benefits affecting the pension system or its members and beneficiaries under this article.  The board may enter into a written agreement with the city on behalf of the pension system and members and beneficiaries of the pension system if the agreement is approved by the board and signed by the mayor and the board or the board's designee.(b)  A pension benefit or allowance provided by this article may be increased if the increase:(1)  is first approved by a qualified actuary selected by the board;(2)  is approved by the board and the city in a written agreement as authorized by this section; and(3)  does not deprive a member, without the member's written consent, of a right to receive benefits when the member is fully eligible.(c)  In a written agreement entered into between the city and the board under this section, the parties may not:(1)  alter Sections 9 through 9E of this article, except and only to the extent necessary to comply with federal law;(2)  increase the assumed rate of return to more than seven percent per year;(3)  extend the amortization period of a liability layer to more than 30 years from the first day of the fiscal year beginning 12 months after the date of the risk sharing valuation study in which the liability layer is first recognized; or(4)  allow a city contribution rate in any year that is less than or greater than the city contribution rate required under Section 9D or 9E of this article, as applicable.
TX Civ Stat § 28 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 28. Nonreduction, Nonalienation, and Nonassignment of Benefits

Sec. 28. NONREDUCTION, NONALIENATION, AND NONASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS.    (a)  No portion of the funds held by the pension system, either before or after an order for its disbursement by the board, and no amounts due or to become due to any member or survivor under this article may be held, seized, taken, subject to, detained, or levied on by virtue of any execution, attachment, garnishment, injunction, or other writ, and no order or decree, and no process may issue out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, out of the funds held by or due from the pension system, of any debt, damage, claim, demand, or judgment against any member, survivor, dependent, or any other person.(b) No part of the funds or any claim to the funds may be directly or indirectly assigned or transferred.  Any attempt to transfer or assign any part of the funds or a claim to the funds is void.(c) The funds shall be held, kept, and disbursed for the purposes provided by this article, and for no other purpose, except that a retired member, survivor, or dependent, at the person's discretion, may have deducted from the person's pension the monthly premium cost of any group insurance program in which the retired member is participating.(d) A benefit payable under this article may not be reduced or discontinued for any person except under the terms applicable to the benefit at the time the person becomes eligible to receive the benefit.(e) This section does not prevent the division of the benefits accrued by a member under any court order determined by the board or its designee to be a qualified domestic relations order and the payment of a share of a retired member's benefits or contributions to an alternate payee in accordance with the order.
TX Civ Stat § 29 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243g-4. Police Officers Pension System in Certain Municipalities|Section 29. Confidentiality of Information About Members or Beneficiaries

Sec. 29. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OR BENEFICIARIES.    (a)  Information contained in a record that is in the custody of a fund established under this article concerning an individual member, retiree, survivor, or beneficiary is confidential for purposes of Sections 552.101, 552.102, and 552.117, Government Code.  The information may not be disclosed in a form that identifies a specific individual unless the information is disclosed to:(1)  the individual;(2)  the individual's attorney, guardian, executor, administrator, or conservator;  or(3)  a person who has written authorization from the individual to receive the information.(b) This section does not prevent the disclosure of the status or identity of an individual as a member, former member, retiree, deceased member, survivor, beneficiary, or alternate payee of the system.(c)  To carry out the provisions of Sections 9 through 9E of this article, the board and the pension system shall provide the city actuary under a confidentiality agreement the actuarial data used by the pension system actuary for the pension system's actuarial valuations or valuation studies and other data as agreed to between the city and the pension system that the city actuary determines is reasonably necessary for the city actuary to perform the studies required by Sections 9A through 9E of this article.  Actuarial data described by this subsection does not include information described by Subsection (a) of this section.(d)  A risk sharing valuation study prepared by either the city actuary or the pension system actuary under Sections 9A through 9E of this article may not:(1)  include information described by Subsection (a) of this section; or(2)  provide confidential or private information regarding specific individuals or be grouped in a manner that allows confidential or private information regarding a specific individual to be discerned.(e)  The information, data, and document exchanges under Sections 9 through 9E of this article have all the protections afforded by applicable law and are expressly exempt from the disclosure requirements under Chapter 552, Government Code, except as may be agreed to by the city and pension system in a written agreement under Section 27 of this article.(f)  Subsection (e) of this section does not apply to:(1)  a proposed risk sharing valuation study prepared by the pension system actuary and provided to the city actuary or prepared by the city actuary and provided to the pension system actuary under Section 9A(d) or 9B(b)(2) of this article; or(2)   a final risk sharing valuation study prepared under Section 9A or 9B of this article.(g)  Before a union contract is approved by the city, the mayor of the city must cause the city actuaries to deliver to the mayor a report estimating the impact of the proposed union contract on fund costs.