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TX Civ Stat § 20 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More|Section 20. Service for Formerly Ineligible Employees

Sec. 20.  SERVICE FOR FORMERLY INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.  (a)  A member who was ineligible to be a member under Section 4(d), Chapter 358, Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular Session, 1943 (Article 6243g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before September 1, 1999, because the member was receiving a pension from another pension system of the city to which the city contributes may purchase credited service solely in group A for otherwise eligible service previously disallowed by Section 4(d), Chapter 358, Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular Session, 1943 (Article 6243g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), if the member:(1)  has been continuously employed by the city since the date of reemployment into a municipal position that became covered by Chapter 358, Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular Session, 1943 (Article 6243g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on September 1, 1999, by removal of the prohibition under Section 4(d), Chapter 358, Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular Session, 1943 (Article 6243g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);(2)  would have been eligible to be a member and receive service for the municipal employment before September 1, 1999, but for the prohibition under Section 4(d), Chapter 358, Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular Session, 1943 (Article 6243g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);(3)  was a member in group A on September 1, 1999, and on September 1, 2001;(4)  makes written application, in a manner and time determined by the pension board, to receive credited service in group A for all otherwise eligible service; and(5)  on approval by the pension board, pays into the pension fund all contributions that would have been deducted or picked up as member contributions during the period of claimed service as described by Section 7(c) of this Act, including required interest.(b)  Payments of the amounts required under this section must be completed by the earliest of:(1)  the date of the member's termination of employment or term in office;(2)  the date of the member's retirement or death; or(3)  the fifth anniversary of the date of the member's approved claim for credited service under this section.(c)  If the payments are not completed within the period described by Subsection (b) of this section, the member or the member's estate may either make an immediate payment of the balance due or receive a refund, without interest, of the member's contributions to group A for the claimed service.  If the refund is paid, the member is considered to have never been eligible for credit for the service claimed under this section.
TX Civ Stat § 21 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More|Section 21. Reduction of Benefits; Dissolution of System

Sec. 21.  REDUCTION OF BENEFITS; DISSOLUTION OF SYSTEM.  (a)  If the pension board determines that the pension fund is seriously depleted, the pension board may proportionately and temporarily reduce the benefits of all retirees, eligible survivors, alternate payees, and beneficiaries.(b)  The amount of any reduction under Subsection (a) of this section shall be paid to the retirees, eligible survivors, alternate payees, and beneficiaries if the pension board determines that the pension fund is sufficiently reestablished to pay the amounts.(c)  If the reserve and surplus in the pension fund become exhausted and the payouts of the pension fund exceed the income to the pension fund, the governing body of the city by ordinance may dissolve the pension system and require liquidation of the pension system without any liability to the city.(d)  Any retiree or eligible survivor receiving a retirement pension or survivor benefit may, at that person's option, receive a smaller retirement pension or survivor benefit after properly making a request in writing to the pension board.
TX Civ Stat § 25 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More|Section 25. Employees on Retirement When Act Takes Effect

Sec. 25.  EMPLOYEES ON RETIREMENT WHEN ACT TAKES EFFECT.  (a)  Any person receiving a retirement benefit from the predecessor system immediately before the effective date of this Act shall continue to receive the same benefit amount the person was entitled to receive under the predecessor system.(b)  This Act does not change the status of any former member receiving a pension, or who is eligible to receive a pension, from the city or the pension system under the predecessor system, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 26 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More|Section 26. Confidential Information

Sec. 26.  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  (a)  Records that are in the custody of the pension system concerning an individual member, deferred participant, retiree, eligible survivor, beneficiary, or alternate payee are not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be disclosed in a form identifiable to a specific individual unless:(1)  the information is disclosed to:(A)  the individual or the individual's attorney, guardian, executor, administrator, or conservator, or another person who the executive director determines is acting in the interest of the individual or the individual's estate;(B)  a spouse or former spouse of the individual and the executive director determines that the information is relevant to the spouse's or former spouse's interest in a member's accounts or benefits or other amounts payable by the pension system;(C)  a governmental official or employee and the executive director determines that disclosure of the information requested is reasonably necessary to the performance of the duties of the official or employee; or(D)  a person authorized by the individual in writing to receive the information; or(2)  the information is disclosed under a subpoena and the executive director determines that the individual will have a reasonable opportunity to contest the subpoena.(b)  This section does not prevent the disclosure of the status or identity of an individual as a member, former member, deferred participant, retiree, deceased participant, eligible survivor, beneficiary, or alternate payee of the pension system.(c)  The executive director may designate other employees of the pension system to make the necessary determinations under Subsection (a) of this section.(d)  A determination and disclosure under Subsection (a) of this section does not require notice to the individual member, deferred participant, retiree, eligible survivor, beneficiary, or alternate payee.
TX Civ Stat § 27 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More|Section 27. Power of Attorney

Sec. 27.  POWER OF ATTORNEY.  (a)  A person eligible for payment of a pension or other benefits administered by the pension system may direct the pension system to treat as the authorized representative of the person concerning the disposition of the pension or other benefits an attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney that the pension system determines complies with Subchapters A and B, Chapter 752, Estates Code.(b)  If the power of attorney under Subsection (a) of this section is revoked, the pension system is not liable for payments made to or actions taken at the request of the attorney-in-fact before the date the pension system receives written notice that the power of attorney has been revoked.
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h-2. Boards of Trustees of Municipal Utilities or Property; Application of Municipal Retirement System|Section 1.

Sec. 1. No pension or retirement benefit plan or system for employees of any Texas municipality, whether provided for by general or special law, city charter, or city ordinance, shall become or be made applicable to employees of any Board of Trustees created or appointed in pursuance of Article 1115, Revised Statutes, or any similar law providing for a Board of Trustees to administer municipal utilities or properties, unless and until such pension or retirement benefit plan or system has been approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees employing such employees and such Board of Trustees has made provision for the payment out of the revenues of the utility systems or its properties of the necessary payments to be made as the employer's contribution to such pension or retirement benefit plan or system.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243h-2. Boards of Trustees of Municipal Utilities or Property; Application of Municipal Retirement System|Section 2.

Sec. 2. Any plan or system providing for pensions or retirement benefits which may have heretofore been adopted or may hereafter be adopted by any such Board of Trustees may be applied to the employees of such Board of Trustees independently of and to the exclusion of any plan or system applicable to or affecting other employees of the municipality.|Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., p. 24, ch. 17.|
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 1. Creation of System

 Section 1. CREATION OF SYSTEM.  There is hereby created in this State a Police Officers' Pension System in all cities having a population of not less than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants, nor more than four hundred thousand (400,000) inhabitants, according to the last preceding or any future Federal Census;  provided, however, that once such pension system becomes operative in any city, any right or privilege accruing to any member thereunder shall be a vested right and the same shall not be denied or abridged thereafter through any change in population of any such city taking such city out of the population bracket as herein prescribed, and said pension system shall continue to operate and function regardless of whether or not any future population exceeds or falls below said population bracket.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 2. Definitions

Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS.  The following words and phrases when used in this Act are defined as follows, to wit:(a) "Pension System" means the retirement, allowance, disability and pension system for employees of any Police Department coming within the provisions of this Act.(b) "Member" means any and all employees in the Police Department who are engaged in law enforcement duties except janitors, car washers, cooks, and secretaries.  Member may include reserve, special, or part-time officers as provided in Subsections (d), (e), and (f), Section 3 of this Act.(c) "Pension Board" or "Board" means the Pension Board of the Pension System created under the Act for the purpose of administering the Pension System.(d) "Service" means the services and work performed by a person employed in the Police Department.(e) "Pension" means payments for life to the Police Department member out of the Pension Fund provided for herein upon becoming disabled or reaching retirement as provided herein and becoming eligible for such payments.(f) "Separation from service" means cessation of work for the city in the Police Department, whether caused by death, discharge or resignation, or transfer to any other department of the city.(g) The use of the masculine gender includes the feminine gender.(h) "Prior-service credit" means credit for service rendered a city by an employee in the Police Department prior to his becoming a member of the Pension System.(i) "Performance of duty" means the duties usually performed by a policeman during his regular working hours and at other times when he is called upon to perform emergency duties within the regular scope of his employment.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 3. Membership

Sec. 3. MEMBERSHIP.    (a)  Any person except as herein provided, who is an employee of such city in the Police Department on the effective date hereof, shall be eligible for membership in the Pension System, and shall automatically become a member upon the expiration of ninety (90) days from the effective date hereof, unless the employee has filed with the Pension Board his written election not to become a member, which shall constitute a waiver of all present and prospective benefits which otherwise would inure to him by participation in the System.  But any member of the Police Department of such city, whose membership in the Pension System is contingent upon his own election and who elects not to participate, may later become a member provided he passes such medical examination as the Pension Board may require.  If such employee becomes a member within six (6) months after the effective date of this Act, the employee shall be eligible for prior-service credit, but if he does not become a member within such period, he shall not be eligible for prior-service credit.  Written notice shall be given each and every member of the Police Department eligible for membership in the Pension System by the Secretary of the Pension Board within sixty (60) days from the passage of this Act informing him of the terms and provisions of this paragraph.(b) Any person who hereafter becomes an employee of such city in the Police Department after the passage of this Act shall automatically become a member of the Pension System as a condition of his employment, and he will be required to sign a letter making application for Pension benefits.(c) Part-time, seasonal, or other temporary employees shall not become, nor be eligible as, members of the Pension System except as provided in Subsections (d), (e), and (f).(d) A city that has adopted the Pension System in this Act may make reserve, special, or part-time officers eligible as members of the Pension System by vote of the city's governing body, or the city's governing body may call an election to submit the question to the qualified voters of the city.(e) If a special election is called, the election must be advertised by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city once each week for four consecutive weeks.  The question shall be submitted to the qualified voters as follows:"FOR:  Including reserve, special, or part-time officers in the Police Pension System.""AGAINST:  Including reserve, special, or part-time officers in the Police Pension System."(f) A city that adopts the Pension System in this Act may include reserve, special, or part-time officers in the Pension System by vote of the city's governing body, by calling a special election as provided in Subsection (e) of this Section, or by joining the question of whether or not to include those officers on the ballot which submits the proposed Police Pension System to the city's qualified voters as provided in Section 25 of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 5. Treasurer

Sec. 5. TREASURER.  The City Treasurer is hereby designated as the Treasurer of said Pension System Fund for said city Police Officers' Pension System, and his official bond to said city shall operate to cover his position as Treasurer of such Pension System Fund and his sureties shall be liable in connection with the Treasurer's actions pertaining to such Fund as fully as they are liable under the terms of said bond for the other actions and conduct of said Treasurer.  All moneys of every kind and character collected or to be collected for said Pension System shall be paid over to the said Treasurer and shall be administered and paid out only in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 6 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 6. Payments by Members

Sec. 6. PAYMENTS BY MEMBERS.  Commencing with the first day of the month after the expiration of ninety (90) days from the passage of this Act, each member of the Pension System shall pay monthly into the Pension System Fund not less than four per cent (4%) nor more than seven per cent (7%) of his statutory minimum and longevity pay.  Subject to this limitation, the Pension Board shall set the amount that each member shall pay into said Pension System Fund.  Said payments into the Pension System Fund shall be effected by the city deducting the amount to be contributed by each member of said Pension System from his wages earned.  Said deduction shall be paid into the Pension System Fund by the city.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 7. Payments Into Fund by City

Sec. 7. PAYMENTS INTO FUND BY CITY.  In addition to the payments in the next preceding Section such city shall pay monthly into such Pension System Fund, from the general or other appropriate fund of any such city, an amount equal to the total sum paid into such Fund by salary deductions of members as set out in the next preceding Section.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 8. Depletion of Fund; Reduction of Benefits

Sec. 8. DEPLETION OF FUND;  REDUCTION OF BENEFITS.  In the event the Pension System Fund becomes seriously depleted, in the opinion of the Pension Board, said Pension Board may proportionately and temporarily reduce the benefits of all pensioners and beneficiaries, but such reduction of benefits shall continue only for such time as such depleted condition continues to exist, and after such time of depletion has ceased to exist and the Pension Board finds said Pension System Fund is in condition to warrant, it shall thereafter restore the benefits and resume payment of all pensioners and beneficiaries as though such preceding reductions had not occurred.
TX Civ Stat § 9 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 9. Investment of Surplus

Sec. 9. INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS.  Whenever in the opinion of the said Pension Board there is on hand in said Pension System Fund a surplus over and above a reasonably safe amount to take care of current demands upon such funds, such surplus, or so much thereof as in the judgment of the said Pension Board is deemed proper, may be invested in bonds or other interest bearing obligations and securities of the United States, the State of Texas or any city or any county.
TX Civ Stat § 10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 10. Transfer of Pro Rata Share of Existing Fund

Sec. 10. TRANSFER OF PRO RATA SHARE OF EXISTING FUND.  Immediately upon this Act becoming a law, there shall be transferred to the Police Officers' Pension System the prorata share of any pension fund heretofore existing to which police officers have contributed, including the prorata part of the fund paid by the city and all accumulated interest on the money which both the policemen and the city have heretofore contributed to the fund.  It shall be the duty of the city official or officials responsible for said existing fund to make such transfer immediately.
TX Civ Stat § 11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243j. Police Officers' Pension System in Cities of 50,000 to 400,000|Section 11. Retirement Pension

Sec. 11. RETIREMENT PENSION.  From and after the passage of this Act, any member of such Pension System who has been in the service of the city Police Department for a period of twenty-five (25) years shall receive from the Pension Board a pension certificate.  Any person who holds a pension certificate and who has attained fifty-five (55) years of age shall be entitled to a monthly retirement pension equal to one half (1/2) of his statutory minimum pay plus one half (1/2) of his longevity pay, which he received when such certificate was awarded, each month for the rest of his life upon his retirement from the services of said city Police Department;  provided, however, said monthly retirement pension shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125).  However, when a member has served twenty-five (25) years or more in the Police Department and has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years, if he desires and if the physicians employed by the Pension Board agree that said member is physically fit to continue his active duties in the Police Department, he may continue such duties until he is not over sixty-five (65) years of age, and when he retires he will receive in addition to his monthly retirement pension set out above, a service bonus of One Dollar ($1) per month for each year of service over and above the amount per month payable if he had retired when he attained the age of fifty-five (55) years.  It shall be compulsory for any member to retire from service upon attaining sixty-five (65) years of age;  failure of any member of the Pension System to comply with this provision shall deprive the member or his dependents of any of the benefits provided for herein.  If at the time of retirement such member has completed less than twenty-five (25) years of service, but more than twenty (20) years of service, his retirement pension shall be prorated.  For example, if the employee has completed only twenty (20) years of service, his monthly pension would be four-fifths (4/5) of one half (1/2) of his statutory minimum pay and one half (1/2) his longevity pay.  No member shall be required to make any payments into the Pension System Fund after he has been issued a pension certificate and who has retired from active service in the Police Department.  However, if he continues to work for the city Police Department after receiving a pension certificate, he shall continue his monthly payments into the Pension System Fund until he retires.