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TX Govt Code § 844.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 844.005. When Annuity Is Payable; Changes Before First Payment

Sec. 844.005.  WHEN ANNUITY IS PAYABLE;  CHANGES BEFORE FIRST PAYMENT.  (a)  A retiree may revoke an application for retirement, change the retiree's choice of retirement annuity payment plans, or change the designation of beneficiary after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the retirement system not later than the last day of the month a benefit payment is first made.  After that day, a retiree may not revoke the application for retirement, change the annuity payment plan selected, or change the designated beneficiary except under Section 844.006.(b)  If an applicant for retirement dies on or before the last day that the application for retirement could have been revoked under Subsection (a), the decedent's application for retirement is considered canceled, except that the valid beneficiary designations made in connection with the retirement application remain in effect.  The beneficiary of a decedent who had been an eligible member under Section 844.407 may receive an annuity in accordance with that section.(b-1)  Under rules established by the board of trustees, the retirement system may cancel an application for retirement if the applicant fails to timely provide all information and forms necessary to put the retirement into effect.(c)  An annuity under this subtitle is payable to a retiree or beneficiary through the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies.  A continuation of an optional annuity begins with payment for the month following 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. 54.005 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 23, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 31, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 844.007. Interest Credit for Other Than December Retirements

Sec. 844.007.  INTEREST CREDIT FOR OTHER THAN DECEMBER RETIREMENTS.  A member who retires with an effective retirement date other than December 31 will be credited interest on the beginning balance in the member's individual account from January 1 of the year of retirement to the effective date of retirement.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 25, 64(6), eff. Dec. 31, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 33, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 844.008. Limitation on Payment of Benefits

Sec. 844.008.  LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the benefit payable to a retiree of the retirement system may not exceed the maximum benefit permitted under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as adjusted in accordance with Section 415(d) of that code.  Any adjustments are applicable to the postretirement benefits of retirees as well as to the benefits of retiring members.  For the purpose of determining whether the benefit of a retiring member or retiree exceeds the limitations provided in this section, all defined benefit plans of the employer and of entities required to be aggregated with the employer for purposes of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are to be treated as one defined benefit plan for purposes of Section 415 of that code.  The limitation year for determining maximum benefits is the calendar year.(b)  An employer may not provide employee retirement benefits under a defined benefit plan other than the retirement system to the extent that the provision of the benefits, when considered together with the benefits provided under the retirement system, would result in the failure of the retirement system to meet any of the limitation requirements of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the benefits of the other plan will automatically be reduced, eliminated, or adjusted to the extent necessary to prevent the failure.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 12 to 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 9, eff. Dec. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 407), Sec. 18, eff. January 1, 2010.|
TX Govt Code § 844.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 844.009. Partial Lump-Sum Distribution on Service Retirement

Sec. 844.009.  PARTIAL LUMP-SUM DISTRIBUTION ON SERVICE RETIREMENT.(a)  With the consent of the board of trustees, the governing body of a subdivision may authorize partial lump-sum distributions under this section.(b)  A member who is eligible and applies for service retirement may simultaneously apply for a partial lump-sum distribution under this section.(c)  The amount of a lump-sum distribution under this section may not exceed 100 percent of the total accumulated contributions in the member's individual account in the employees saving fund attributable to service with the subdivision for which the member has applied for retirement.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(12), eff. January 1, 2008.(e)  For all purposes, the member's basic annuity is the annuity actuarially determined from the sum remaining under Section 844.002(b) after deducting the amount of the lump-sum distribution.(f)  The amount of a lump-sum distribution made under this section is considered to be an annuity payment for the purpose of determining whether the amount in the retiree's individual account in the employees saving fund available for distribution at the time of retirement exceeds the total amount of annuity payments made.(g)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(12), eff. January 1, 2008.(h)  No portion of a benefit awarded to an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order may be distributed in the form of a lump sum under this section, unless the member and the alternate payee agree in writing that the alternate payee will receive all or a portion of the lump-sum distribution payable under this section instead of or as part of the benefits awarded under the qualified domestic relations order.(i)  Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 56(2), eff, Dec. 31, 2001.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 1, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 25, 56(2), eff. Dec. 31, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 34, eff. January 1, 2008.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 92(12), eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 844.010. Certain Beneficiary Designations

Sec. 844.010.  CERTAIN BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS.  (a)  A beneficiary designation that names a former spouse as beneficiary is invalid for purposes of this subtitle unless the designation:(1)  is made or confirmed in writing after the date of divorce;  or(2)  was made by a retiree who, at the time of divorce, is receiving payments under an optional service or disability retirement with payments to continue to the beneficiary for the beneficiary's life.(b)  In addition to the authority provided by Section 804.051, the board of trustees may adopt rules to require consent of a member's spouse to:(1)  the member's designation of a beneficiary who is not the member's spouse;(2)  the member's selection of an optional form of retirement benefit;  or(3)  the member's election of a withdrawal of contributions.(c)  A benefit payable under this subtitle is not subject to a will, other testamentary document, or the law of intestacy to the extent that the member, retiree, or other former member has a different beneficiary under the retirement system than under the testamentary document or law of intestacy.(d)  The board of trustees may adopt rules concerning the designation, validity, cancellation, revocation, and eligibility of beneficiaries under this subtitle.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 20, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 35, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 844.101. Application for Service Retirement Annuity

Sec. 844.101.  APPLICATION FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  To receive a retirement annuity for service, an eligible member must apply by filing a valid application with the retirement system.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.102 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 26, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 26, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 36, eff. January 1, 2008.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 407), Sec. 19, eff. January 1, 2010.|
TX Govt Code § 844.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 844.102. Systemwide Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity

Sec. 844.102.  SYSTEMWIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  A member is eligible to apply for and receive a service retirement annuity if the member:(1)  is at least 60 years old and has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system;(2)  has at least 30 years of credited service in the retirement system; or(3)  has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system and the sum of the member's credited service and attained age equals or exceeds the number 80.(b)  A person who has retired under this section with a service retirement annuity is eligible, without regard to any age or credited service requirement, to apply for and receive a service retirement annuity based on the member's accumulated contributions and service credit with any participating subdivision from which the person has terminated employment.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.102 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 27, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 26, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 37, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.1021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 844.1021. Optional Eligibility Provisions for Service Retirement

Sec. 844.1021.  OPTIONAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT.  (a)  In accordance with this subtitle, a subdivision may adopt any optional service retirement eligibility provision described by this section or authorized by the board of trustees.(b)  A subdivision may not revoke its adoption of an optional service retirement eligibility provision described by this section.  A subdivision may adopt an optional service retirement eligibility provision providing less restrictive eligibility requirements.(c)  An optional service retirement eligibility provision may provide that a member who has at least 10 years of credited service is eligible to apply for retirement if the member has attained age 60 or an age at which the sum of the member's credited service and attained age equals or exceeds the number 75.(d)  An optional service retirement eligibility provision may provide that a member who has at least eight years of credited service is eligible to apply for retirement if the member has attained age 60.(e)  An optional service retirement eligibility provision may provide that a member who has at least five years of credited service is eligible to apply for retirement if the member has attained age 60.(f)  An optional service retirement eligibility provision may provide that a member who has at least 20 years of credited service is eligible to apply for retirement.(g)  The board of trustees may authorize additional optional service retirement eligibility provisions for adoption by participating subdivisions.(h)  The board of trustees shall establish rules for recognizing and combining a member's service credited under dissimilar retirement eligibility provisions for purposes of meeting the retirement eligibility provisions of the respective subdivisions.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 38, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.1022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter B. Service Retirement Benefits|Section 844.1022. Special Eligibility Provisions for Service Retirement

Sec. 844.1022.  SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT.  (a)  Subject to the consent of the board of trustees and effective for the period and on terms that the board approves, a subdivision may adopt a special service retirement eligibility provision that relates to a singular, identifiable event or action particular to the subdivision and that applies only to its members who satisfy the specific terms of the special eligibility provision.(b)  A special service retirement eligibility provision must bear a rational relationship to the operation, management, and function of the subdivision.(c)  A special service retirement eligibility provision may not be adopted or implemented under this section in a manner that has the effect of establishing a separate, ongoing retirement program for a branch, department, division, employee occupational group, or other separately identifiable component of the subdivision.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 38, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Optional Retirement Benefits|Section 844.208. Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities

Sec. 844.208.  OPTIONAL INCREASE IN RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.  (a)  The governing body of a participating subdivision, from time to time but not more frequently than once in each 12-month period, may provide for increased annuities to be paid to retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the subdivision.  An annuity increased under this section replaces any annuity or increased annuity previously granted to the same person.(b)  The amount of annuity increase under this section is computed as the sum of the basic and supplemental annuities on the effective date of retirement of the person on whose service the annuities are based and is computed as if the person had selected a standard retirement annuity on the person's effective date of retirement, multiplied by:(1)  the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, from December of the year immediately preceding the effective date of the person's retirement to the December that is 13 months before the month in which the effective date of the order or resolution providing the increase occurs; and(2)  a fraction, specified by the governing body in the order or resolution, that is not less than 10 percent nor more than 100 percent and is a multiple of 10 percent.(c)  The effective date of an order or resolution under this section is January 1 of the year that begins after the year in which the governing body adopts and notifies the retirement system of the order or resolution.(d)  An increase in an annuity that was reduced because of an option selection or partial lump-sum distribution is reducible in the same proportion and in the same manner that the original annuity was reduced.(e)  If a computation under Subsection (b) does not result in an increase in the amount of annuity, the amount of the annuity may not be changed under this section.(f)  The amount by which an increase under this section exceeds all previously granted increases to an annuitant is payable as a supplemental annuity, is an obligation of the subdivision's account in the subdivision accumulation fund, and is subject to reduction under Section 845.307(c).(g)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(17), eff. January 1, 2008.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 506 (H.B. 633), Sec. 18, eff. January 1, 2006.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 39, eff. January 1, 2008.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 92(17), eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Optional Retirement Benefits|Section 844.209. Alternative Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities

Sec. 844.209.  ALTERNATIVE OPTIONAL INCREASE IN RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.  (a)  The governing body of a participating subdivision, from time to time but not more frequently than once in each 12-month period, may provide for increased annuities to be paid to retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the subdivision.  The governing body of the subdivision may not elect an increase in retirement annuities under Section 844.208 and under this section in the same 12-month period.(b)  An increase under this section applies to all annuities for which the effective retirement date is at least twelve months before the effective date of the increase.(c)  The amount of annuity increase under this section is computed as the sum of the person's basic and supplemental annuities on the effective date of the increase multiplied by the integer percentage increase specified by the governing body for all annuitants in the order or resolution adopting the increase.  The specified percentage increase may not exceed the percentage established by the board of trustees as the maximum allowable percentage increase.(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), the effective date of an order or resolution under this section is January 1 of the year that begins after the year in which the governing body adopts and notifies the retirement system of the order or resolution.(e)  An increase in an annuity that was reduced because of an option selection or partial lump-sum distribution is reducible in the same proportion and in the same manner that the original annuity was reduced.(f)  The amount of an increase under this section is payable as a supplemental annuity, is an obligation of the subdivision's account in the subdivision accumulation fund, and is subject to reduction under Section 845.307(c).(g)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(18), eff. January 1, 2008.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1994;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 10, eff. Dec. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 31, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 506 (H.B. 633), Sec. 19, eff. January 1, 2006.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 40, eff. January 1, 2008.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 92(18), eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 844.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 844.301. Application for Disability Retirement

Sec. 844.301.  APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT.  (a)  A member may apply for disability retirement by filing a valid application for retirement with the retirement system.(b)  An applicant must provide medical and other pertinent information for evaluation by the medical board and submit to medical examination as required by the medical board.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.301 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 34, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 30, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 41, eff. January 1, 2008.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 407), Sec. 20, eff. January 1, 2010.|
TX Govt Code § 844.3011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle F - Texas County and District Retirement System|Chapter 844 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 844.3011. Annuity Payable on Disability Retirement

Sec. 844.3011.  ANNUITY PAYABLE ON DISABILITY RETIREMENT.  Except for eligibility requirements and as otherwise provided by this subtitle, a retirement annuity payable on the disability retirement of a member is equal in amount and equivalent in all respects under this subtitle to a retirement annuity payable on the service retirement of the member at the same age.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 42, eff. January 1, 2008.|