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TX Govt Code § 814.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 814.208. Medical Examination of Disability Retiree

Sec. 814.208.  MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE.  (a)  Once each year during the first five years after a member retires for disability, and once in each three-year period after that, the retirement system may require a disability retiree to undergo a medical examination.(b)  An examination under this section may be held at the retiree's residence or at any place mutually agreed to by the retirement system and the retiree.  The retirement system may designate a physician to perform the examination. The retiree shall pay the expense of the examination.(c)  If a disability retiree refuses to submit to a medical examination as provided by this section, the executive director shall discontinue the retiree's annuity payments until the retiree submits to an examination.  If a retiree has not submitted to an examination as provided by this section before the first anniversary of the date of first refusal, the executive director shall revoke all rights of the retiree to an annuity.(d)  If the medical board finds that a disability retiree is no longer mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of duty, it shall certify its findings and submit them to the executive director.  If the executive director concurs in this certification, the annuity terminates and membership is restored as provided by Section 814.210.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.208 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 814.210 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 814.210. Restoration of Disability Retiree to Active Service

Sec. 814.210.  RESTORATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO ACTIVE SERVICE.  (a)  If a retiree who is receiving a disability retirement annuity returns to state service or if the retiree is found to be no longer incapacitated for the further performance of duty, the person must again become a member of the retirement system or, if the person holds a position included in the elected class of membership, may elect to become a member.  If a person becomes a member under this section, the executive director shall terminate the person's annuity payments.(b)  A person who becomes a member under this section is entitled to service credit for all service previously established and not canceled by a withdrawal of contributions.(c)  If a person's disability retirement annuity is discontinued under this section, the person's selection of any optional annuity becomes void.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.210 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 814.211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter C. Disability Retirement Benefits|Section 814.211. Refund at Annuity Discontinuance

Sec. 814.211.  REFUND AT ANNUITY DISCONTINUANCE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued, the member is entitled to a lump-sum payment from the retirement annuity reserve account in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the member's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of disability retirement exceeds the amount of payments payable before the date the annuity was discontinued.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is not payable to a member who, after discontinuance of a disability retirement annuity, returns to state service or elects a service retirement annuity.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.211 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 814.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Death Benefit Annuities|Section 814.301. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Member

Sec. 814.301.  SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY MEMBER.  (a)  A contributing member who has at least 10 years of service credit in the elected or employee class of membership may select a death benefit plan for the payment, if the member dies while the member is eligible to select a plan, of a death benefit annuity to a person designated by the member.  Death benefit annuities available for selection by a member described in this subsection are the optional annuities provided by Sections 814.108(c)(1) and (c)(4), payable as if the member had retired at the time of death.(b)  If a member of a retirement system administered by the board of trustees selects death benefit plans under more than one board-administered retirement system, each plan selected may take effect. If a member selects a death benefit plan under only one retirement system administered by the board of trustees, the plan applies to service credit in other board-administered retirement systems.(c)  The computation of a death benefit annuity selected under this section must include the ages of the member and the member's designated beneficiary at the time of the member's death.(d)  A member may select a death benefit plan by filing an application for a plan with the retirement system on a form prescribed by the retirement system.  After selection, a death benefit plan takes effect at death unless the member amends the plan, selects a retirement annuity at the time of retirement, has chosen a plan that cannot take effect, or becomes ineligible to select a plan.(e)  A beneficiary designation that names a former spouse as beneficiary is invalid for purposes of this section unless the designation is made after the date of the divorce.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.301 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 19, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 347 (S.B. 1176), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 814.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Death Benefit Annuities|Section 814.302. Selection of Death Benefit Plan by Survivor of Member

Sec. 814.302.  SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF MEMBER.  (a)  If a contributing member eligible to select a death benefit plan under Section 814.301 dies without having made a selection, or if a selection cannot be made effective, the member's designated beneficiary may select a plan in the same manner as if the member had made the selection.  If there is no designated beneficiary, the personal representative of the decedent's estate may make the selection for the benefit of the decedent's heirs or devisees.  In lieu of selecting a death benefit plan, the designated beneficiary or, if there is none, the personal representative of the decedent's estate, may elect to receive a refund of contributions and any applicable payment under Section 814.401.(b)  If a person dies who, at the time of death, was a contributing member of a retirement program administered by the board of trustees and was eligible, having met the requirements of service credit and attained age, for a service retirement annuity based on service in one or more board-administered programs or was a contributing member of the employee class, had at least three years of service credit in that class, and would have been eligible to retire under the proportionate retirement program under Chapter 803, but was not eligible to select a death benefit plan, the person's surviving spouse may select a plan in the same manner that the decedent could have made the selection if the decedent had retired on the last day of the month in which the person died.  If there is no surviving spouse, the guardian of the decedent's surviving minor children may select a plan.  If the decedent is not survived by a spouse or minor children, an annuity may not be paid under this subsection.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 20, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1541, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 347 (S.B. 1176), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 814.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Death Benefit Annuities|Section 814.304. Annuity for Survivor of Elected Member

Sec. 814.304.  ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF ELECTED MEMBER.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a member who has at least eight years of service credit in the elected class of membership dies, a death benefit annuity is payable in an amount computed at the rate of one-half of the standard service retirement annuity to which the member would have been entitled at the member's age at the time of death or at the age of 60, whichever is later.(b)  The annuity provided by this section is payable only to the member's surviving spouse.  If the member is not survived by a spouse, a benefit may not be paid under this section.(c)  An annuity may not be paid under this section if, at the time of death, the member was eligible to select a death benefit annuity under Section 814.301.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.304 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 814.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter D. Death Benefit Annuities|Section 814.305. Annuity for Survivor of Law Enforcement or Custodial Officer

Sec. 814.305.  ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CUSTODIAL OFFICER.  If a member who has at least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer dies, the amount of the death benefit annuity payable for the member's service as a law enforcement or custodial officer is an amount computed and funded as provided by Section 814.107, including any applicable reduction factors.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1977, ch. 360, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.305 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 814.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Member Death Benefits|Section 814.401. Member Death Benefits Generally

Sec. 814.401.  MEMBER DEATH BENEFITS GENERALLY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), if a member dies under a circumstance described in Subsection (c), a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the state accumulation account in an amount computed at the rate of five percent of the amount in the member's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of death, times the number of full years of service credit the member had at the time of death, but not more than 100 percent of the amount in the member's individual account.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable to the beneficiary designated by the member under Section 814.403(b).  If a member does not designate a beneficiary or if the beneficiary designation cannot be made effective, the benefit is payable to the member's estate.(c)  A benefit is payable under this section only if the member at the time of death was:(1)  actively employed by the state;(2)  receiving workers' compensation benefits for an injury sustained while employed by the state;  or(3)  on authorized sick leave.(d)  A death benefit may not be paid under this section if, at the time of death, a death benefit annuity became effective.(e)  A beneficiary designation that names a former spouse as beneficiary is invalid unless the designation is made after the date of the divorce.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.401 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 21, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1231, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 814.402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Member Death Benefits|Section 814.402. Member Occupational Death Benefits

Sec. 814.402.  MEMBER OCCUPATIONAL DEATH BENEFITS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a member dies and the executive director determines that the death was an occupational death, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the state accumulation account in an amount equal to one year's salary, computed on the basis of the member's rate of compensation at the time of death.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable only to the member's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the guardian of the member's surviving dependent minor children.  If the member is not survived by a spouse or dependent minor children, a benefit may not be paid under this section.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.402 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 814.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Member Death Benefits|Section 814.403. Return of Contributions

Sec. 814.403.  RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), if a member dies before retirement, the amount in the member's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of death is payable as a lump-sum death benefit.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the benefit provided by this section is payable to a person designated by the member in a signed and witnessed document filed with the retirement system before the member's death.  A designation, change, or revocation of a beneficiary in a will or other document not filed with the retirement system is not effective.  If a member does not designate a beneficiary or if the beneficiary designation cannot be made effective, the benefit is payable to the member's estate.(c)  A beneficiary designation that names a former spouse as beneficiary is invalid for purposes of this section unless the designation is made after the date of the divorce.(d)  A death benefit may not be paid under this section if, at the time of death, a death benefit annuity became effective.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.403 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 22, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 814.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter E. Member Death Benefits|Section 814.404. Assignment of Death Benefit for Funeral Services

Sec. 814.404.  ASSIGNMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT FOR FUNERAL SERVICES.  (a)  A beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under this subchapter may by assignment provide that part or all of the benefit be paid in consideration for services provided in connection with the death of the member directly to a funeral director or funeral establishment licensed under:(1)  Chapter 651, Occupations Code; or(2)  the comparable law of another state.(b)  The board of trustees by rule may establish requirements for forms, documentation, and procedures necessary for an effective assignment under this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (H.B. 3522), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 814.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Retiree Death Benefits|Section 814.501. Retiree Death Benefits Generally

Sec. 814.501.  RETIREE DEATH BENEFITS GENERALLY.  (a)  A lump-sum death benefit in the amount of $5,000 is payable if the board of trustees receives proof satisfactory to it of the death, on or after September 1, 1975, of a person retired under a retirement system administered by the board.  The board by rule shall adopt procedures to provide for the payment of this benefit not later than the seventh day after the date the board receives the required proof of death.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable to a person designated by the retiree in a signed and witnessed document filed with the retirement system before the retiree's death.  A designation, change, or revocation of a beneficiary in a will or other document not filed with the retirement system is not effective.  If a retiree does not designate a beneficiary or if the beneficiary designation cannot be made effective, the benefit is payable to the retiree's estate.(c)  A beneficiary designation that names a former spouse as beneficiary is invalid for purposes of this section unless the designation is made after the date of the divorce.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.501 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 23, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 242 (H.B. 70), Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 814.503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Retiree Death Benefits|Section 814.503. Occupational Disability Retiree Death Benefits

Sec. 814.503.  OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREE DEATH BENEFITS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a person who receives an occupational disability retirement annuity dies and the executive director determines that the death was an occupational death, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the state accumulation account in an amount equal to one year's salary, computed on the basis of the retiree's rate of compensation at the time of disability retirement.(b)  The benefit provided by this section is payable only to the retiree's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the guardian of the retiree's surviving dependent minor children.  If the retiree is not survived by a spouse or dependent minor children, a benefit may not be paid under this section.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.503 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 814.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter F. Retiree Death Benefits|Section 814.504. Assignment of Death Benefit for Funeral Services

Sec. 814.504.  ASSIGNMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT FOR FUNERAL SERVICES.  (a)  A beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under this subchapter may by assignment provide that part or all of the benefit be paid in consideration for services provided in connection with the death of the retiree directly to a funeral director or funeral establishment licensed under:(1)  Chapter 651, Occupations Code; or(2)  the comparable law of another state.(b)  The board of trustees by rule may establish requirements for forms, documentation, and procedures necessary for an effective assignment under this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (H.B. 3522), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 814.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas|Chapter 814 - Benefits|Subchapter G. Increases in Benefits|Section 814.601. Annuity Increase After Death or Retirement

Sec. 814.601.  ANNUITY INCREASE AFTER DEATH OR RETIREMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (e), on the first day of each fiscal year, the retirement system shall increase the amounts of annuities that are:(1)  computed as provided by Section 814.105 or a predecessor to that section, Section 814.1051, Section 814.206 or a predecessor to that section, or if the standard annuity is derived from Section 814.105 or a predecessor, as provided by Section 814.108 or a predecessor to that section;(2)  based on service that was credited in the retirement system as employee class service;  and(3)  payable to a retiree of the retirement system, to the survivor of a retiree of the retirement system, or to the survivor of a deceased member of the retirement system.(b)  The retirement system may not increase under this section the amount of an annuity unless the retirement or death on which the annuity is based occurred before the first day of the preceding fiscal year.(c)  The legislature may appropriate money from the general revenue fund to pay the costs of increasing the amounts of annuities under this section.  On the first day of each fiscal year, the state comptroller of public accounts shall transfer to the retirement system any money appropriated for the fiscal year for the purpose of this section.(d)  If the amount of money appropriated for a fiscal year is insufficient to finance the rate of increase in annuities specified in the Act making the appropriation or if the Act fails to specify a rate of increase, the board of trustees shall set the rate as the rate that the amount of money appropriated will finance for the duration of the annuities payable to those persons entitled to receive an increase in annuities under this section.(e)  If an appropriation is not made for a fiscal year for the purpose of this section, the retirement system may not increase under this section the amount of annuities for that year.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 201, ch. 18, Sec. 16, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.601 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 39, Sec. 3, eff. April 22, 1993.|