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TX Civ Stat § 6.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.061. Prospective Reinstatement of Certain Death Benefits

Sec. 6.061.  PROSPECTIVE REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN DEATH BENEFITS.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (c) of this section, the surviving spouse of a primary party who was a member of the old plan, Plan A, or Plan B whose death benefits, also referred to as "survivor benefits" or "widow benefits," terminated because of a remarriage of the surviving spouse that occurred before April 21, 1988, is entitled to receive death benefits, on a prospective basis only, as of the first day of the month following the month in which the executive director receives the application.(b)  The board shall make reasonable efforts to notify all known living surviving spouses who may be entitled to a reinstatement of benefits under this section.(c)  A surviving spouse's properly completed, board-approved application for reinstatement of death benefits under this section must be received by the executive director not later than the 180th day after the date the board completes, as determined by the board, the reasonable efforts required by Subsection (b) of this section.(d)  A surviving spouse's application for reinstatement of death benefits under this section constitutes the spouse's waiver of any claims against the pension system, the board, the executive director, or any other employee of the board or the pension system arising out of any claim for death benefits. (e)  This section may not be applied retroactively.  A surviving spouse may not receive death benefits attributable to periods before the executive director's receipt of a properly completed and board-approved application, and any benefit provided to a surviving spouse described in this section must be calculated as if the benefits had not terminated on the surviving spouse's remarriage notwithstanding the fact the reinstatement of benefits is not retroactive.
TX Civ Stat § 6.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.062. Lump-Sum Payment on Death of Certain Members

Sec. 6.062.  LUMP-SUM PAYMENT ON DEATH OF CERTAIN MEMBERS.  (a)  If an unmarried member dies while on active service and before beginning participation in DROP, the last person to receive benefits as the member's qualified survivor or, if the member does not have a qualified survivor living, the member's designee, shall be paid a lump-sum payment determined in accordance with this section if, at the time of the member's death, the member:(1)  had no qualified survivors; or(2)  only had qualified survivors who are children who become ineligible to receive death benefits before the benefits were paid for at least 120 consecutive months.(b)  The amount of the lump-sum payment under this section is the greater of:(1)  the payment that could have been provided under Section 6.06(m) of this article; or(2)  an amount equal to the actuarial equivalent of the remainder of the monthly benefits that would have been paid for the period from the last monthly benefit payment to the end of the 120 months, starting with the date of the first monthly benefit payment, if any.(c)  If no death benefit payments have been made with respect to the member, the amount of a monthly death benefit payment shall be considered to be the monthly death benefit that would have been paid if the member had died leaving only one dependent parent who was a qualified survivor.(d)  If a qualified survivor or designee is entitled to payment under both this section and Section 6.06(m) of this article, payments shall be made only under this section.(e)  The payment required under this section shall be made as soon as practicable after the later of the date:(1)  of the death of the member; or(2)  the last qualified survivor becomes ineligible to receive monthly death benefit payments.
TX Civ Stat § 6.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.064. Designees

Sec. 6.064.  DESIGNEES.  (a)  A member, pensioner, or qualified survivor may at any time designate, in writing, one or more persons as a designee to receive any lump-sum payment due from the pension system on the death of the member, pensioner, or qualified survivor, as applicable.(b)  A designation under this section of a person other than the spouse of the member, pensioner, or qualified survivor, as appropriate, must be made with the written consent of the spouse, if the individual has a spouse.(c)  A designation made under this section:(1)  may be revoked or changed at any time; and(2)  is void if the person designated dies or goes out of existence before the payment is made.(d)  If a member, pensioner, or qualified survivor designates a spouse to receive a payment and the parties are later divorced, the designation is void at the time of the divorce unless ratified in writing at the time of the divorce or after that time.(e)  A designation by a member under this section is void at the time the member becomes a pensioner unless ratified in writing at the time the member becomes a pensioner or after that time.(f)  If a member, pensioner, or qualified survivor does not have a valid designee on file with the pension system at the time of death, the designee is:(1)  the spouse;(2)  the qualified survivors, if any, if there is no spouse;(3)  the estate of the person, if there is no spouse or qualified survivors; or(4)  the heirs of the person, if there is no spouse, qualified survivors, or estate.
TX Civ Stat § 6.13 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.13. Supplement to Certain Recipients 55 Years of Age or Older

Sec. 6.13.  SUPPLEMENT TO CERTAIN RECIPIENTS 55 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, if a pensioner had at least 20 years of pension service under any plan adopted pursuant to Article 6243a or this article, or if a pensioner is receiving the periodic disability compensation benefit under Section 6.05 of this article, the pensioner, the pensioner's spouse who is a qualified survivor eligible to receive benefits under this article, or the pensioner's children who are qualified survivors, as a group, under Section 6.06 of this article are entitled to receive, when the pensioner or spouse who is a qualified survivor attains 55 years of age, provided the pensioner or spouse attains 55 years of age before September 1, 2017, a monthly supplement equal to the greater of $50 or three percent of their total monthly benefit and for months beginning on and after January 1, 1991, a monthly supplement equal to the greater of $75 or three percent of their total monthly benefit.  For purposes only of calculating this supplement, the phrase "their total monthly benefit" means the amount payable to a pensioner or qualified survivors under the terms of the plans described by this section under which the pensioner or qualified survivor elected to receive benefits but does not include the supplement authorized by this section or any adjustments under Section 6.12 of this article made after September 1, 2017.(b)  A person described by Subsection (a) of this section who, on September 1, 2017, is not receiving or has not received a supplemental benefit under this section is not entitled to receive a supplemental benefit under this section.
TX Civ Stat § 6.141 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.141. Deferred Annuitization of Certain Drop Accounts

Sec. 6.141.  DEFERRED ANNUITIZATION OF CERTAIN DROP ACCOUNTS.  (a)  This section applies only to a pensioner who:(1)  before attaining 50 years of age:(A)  left active service; and (B)  was granted a service retirement pension under Section 6.01 or 6.02 of this article;(2)  since the pensioner's retirement has continued to receive substantially equal periodic payments, as determined under Section 72(t) of the code; and(3)  on September 1, 2017:(A)  is a DROP participant; and(B)  has not attained 59-1/2 years of age.(b)  Notwithstanding Section 6.14 of this article and solely to avoid the possibility of an early distribution tax penalty under Section 72(t)(4) of the code:(1)  a pensioner subject to this section may until the pensioner attains 59-1/2 years of age:(A)  subject to Subsection (c) of this section, continue to participate in DROP;(B)  have the same amount of the pensioner's service retirement pension credited to the pensioner's DROP account as has been credited since the pensioner's service retirement pension was initially granted; and(C)  defer annuitization of the pensioner's DROP account under Section 6.14(e) of this article; and(2)  once a pensioner subject to this section attains 59-1/2 years of age:(A)  the pensioner may not have any portion of the pensioner's service retirement pension credited to the pensioner's DROP account; and(B)  as soon as administratively feasible, the balance in the pensioner's DROP account shall be annuitized and distributed to the pensioner in accordance with Section 6.14(e) of this article.(c)  The DROP account of a pensioner who continues participation in DROP under Subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section does not accrue interest on and after September 1, 2017.
TX Civ Stat § 6.16 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.16. Waiver of Benefits

Sec. 6.16.  WAIVER OF BENEFITS.  (a)  A primary party, qualified survivor, or beneficiary of a member's DROP account may, on a form prescribed by the board and filed with the executive director, waive all or a portion of the benefits to which the person is or may be entitled.  The waiver may state whether it is revocable or irrevocable, and is irrevocable unless the waiver clearly states it is revocable.(b)  The waiver described by Subsection (a) of this section applies only to benefits that become payable on or after the date the waiver is filed.(b-1)  Benefits waived by a revocable waiver are forfeited and the person making the waiver has no right, title, claim, or interest in the benefits.(c)  If two or more persons are or may be entitled to benefits under this article, the waiver described by Subsection (a) of this section must be executed by each person to become effective.  The living parent or parents or legal guardian or guardians of a child must sign the waiver described by Subsection (a) of this section on behalf of the child.
TX Civ Stat § 6.17 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.17. Denial of Benefits: Death Caused by Survivor

Sec. 6.17.  DENIAL OF BENEFITS: DEATH CAUSED BY SURVIVOR.  A qualified survivor or beneficiary of a member's DROP account is not eligible for, or entitled to, benefits if the person is the principal or an accomplice in wilfully bringing about the death of a primary party or another qualified survivor or beneficiary of a member's DROP account whose death would otherwise have resulted in a benefit or benefit increase to the person.  The determination of the board that a person wilfully brought about the death must be made during a meeting of the board from a preponderance of the evidence presented and is not controlled by any other finding in any other forum, whether considered under the same or another degree of proof.
TX Civ Stat § 6.19 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.19. Certificate of Member Pension Benefit Eligibility

Sec. 6.19.  CERTIFICATE OF MEMBER PENSION BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY.  When a member has earned five years of pension service, the member shall be issued an incontestable five-year certificate indicating that the member is entitled to pension benefits subject to the effect of any withdrawals as permitted under Article 6243a or this article.  The certificate shall state that the calculation of the retirement pension to which the member is entitled, or any disability benefits to which the member may become entitled, shall be determined solely under the actual terms of the combined pension plan as in effect at the time the member leaves active service.  The certificate shall further state that in the case of the member's death, the member's qualified survivors, if any, may become entitled to death benefits as determined solely under the actual terms of the combined pension plan as in effect at the time of the member's death.  The certificate shall bear a seal and be signed by the executive director and chairman of the board.
TX Civ Stat § 6.20 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. Benefits|Section 6.20. Erroneous Payments or Overpayments

Sec. 6.20.  ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS OR OVERPAYMENTS.  (a)  If the pension system pays money to any person not entitled to the payment, whether by reason of an error of the pension system as to entitlement to or the amount of a benefit or otherwise, or an act or error of some other person, including the recipient of the payment, the recipient of the payment holds the funds to which the recipient was not entitled in constructive trust for the pension system and those funds are subject to demand by the pension system at any time.(b)  The recipient of an erroneous payment from the pension system shall repay to the pension system all funds associated with the erroneous payment.(c)  Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, the board may by rule adopt a procedure to enable the pension system to offset the future benefit or other payments of a recipient described by this section.  In addition, the board may take any additional action, including the bringing of a lawsuit, the board considers necessary to recover an erroneous payment the pension system is entitled to under this section.(d)  If the pension system determines that a person is entitled to additional benefits as a result of an error made by the pension system, the pension system shall promptly pay the additional benefits owed.(e)  The board's correction procedures must comply with the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System and Revenue Procedure 2016-51, including subsequent guidance.
TX Civ Stat § 6A.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. A. Equitable Adjustments|Section 6A.01. Equitable Adjustments to Benefits

Sec. 6A.01.  EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS TO BENEFITS.  (a)  Subject to this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board by at least a two-thirds vote of all trustees may consider and adopt rules requiring the equitable return of funds paid to or credited to the benefit of a member or pensioner under this article before September 1, 2017, to the extent the funds exceeded reasonable amounts that should be paid or credited given the circumstances of the pension system at the time the payment or credit was made, including the return of excessive interest credited to a member's DROP account and excessive adjustments made under Section 6.12 of this article.(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a) of this section, "reasonable amounts" includes the amounts that would have been paid or credited:(1)  if the interest rate applied in determining a benefit, including the interest rate applied to a DROP account, equaled the actual, audited rate of return of the plan at the time the interest was credited to the account; or(2)  if the percentage increase applied under Section 6.12 of this article equaled the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) most recently published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor and used by the United States Social Security Administration to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for social security benefit payments payable beginning in January of the next year.
TX Civ Stat § 6A.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 6. A. Equitable Adjustments|Section 6A.02. Adjudication of Certain Challenges

Sec. 6A.02.  ADJUDICATION OF CERTAIN CHALLENGES.  (a)  The Texas Supreme Court has exclusive and original jurisdiction over a challenge to the constitutionality under the Texas Constitution of Section 6A.01 of this article.  An action under this section is authorized to the full extent permitted by Section 3, Article V, Texas Constitution.  The Texas Supreme Court may issue any injunctive, declaratory, or equitable relief the court deems appropriate or necessary to effectuate the court's mandamus jurisdiction in connection with a challenge under this section.(b)  Any action brought under this section must be filed not later than the 90th day after the date the board adopts a rule under Section 6A.01 of this article.(c)  If an action brought under this section is timely filed, the board may not enforce or otherwise administer any rules adopted pursuant to Section 6A.01 of this article during the pendency of the action.
TX Civ Stat § 8.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243a-1. Pension System for Police Officers and Firefighters in Certain Cities|Part 8. Treatment Under Federal and State Law|Section 8.02. Excess Benefit Plan for Police Officers and Fire Fighters

Sec. 8.02.  EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS.  The board may by rule establish and administer a separate qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement and associated trust for the arrangement in accordance with Section 415(m) of the code.
TX Civ Stat § 1.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 1. General Provisions|Section 1.01. Applicability

Sec. 1.01.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies only to a municipality having a population of more than 750,000 and less than 850,000.
TX Civ Stat § 1.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 1. General Provisions|Section 1.02. Definitions

Sec. 1.02. DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:(1) "Accumulated contributions" means all sums of money, including interest, in the individual account of a member or former firefighter, as shown on the books and records of the fund.(2) "Actuarial equivalent" means a benefit that, at the time that it begins being paid, has the same present value as the benefit it replaces, based on the recommendations of the actuary.(3) "Board of trustees" means the board of firefighters relief and retirement fund trustees of the fund existing pursuant to this Act.(4) "Board's actuary" means the actuary employed under Section 12.03 of this Act.(5) "Compensation" means a firefighter's monthly salary, excluding overtime pay, any temporary pay in higher classifications, educational incentive pay, assignment pay, Christmas Day bonus pay, and pay for automobile and clothing allowances.(6) "Dependent child" or "dependent children" means a deceased member's unmarried children under the age of 22, other than a child who has been determined by the board of trustees not to have been dependent on the deceased member.(7) "Fire department" means a regularly organized fire department of a city to which this Act applies.(8) "Firefighter" means a commissioned civil service and Texas state-certified member of a fire department.(9) "Fund" means the firefighters relief and retirement fund existing pursuant to this Act.(10) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.(11) "Member" means any firefighter or retiree included in a fund under this Act.(12) "Retiree" means a person who has retired under Article 5 or 6 of this Act and is receiving or is entitled to receive an annuity from the fund.(13)  "Spouse" means an individual to whom a member is legally married under Subtitle A, Title 1, Family Code, or a comparable law of another jurisdiction, provided that, in the case of an informal marriage in this state, the marriage must be evidenced by a declaration of informal marriage recorded in accordance with Subchapter E, Chapter 2, Family Code.
TX Civ Stat § 1.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 1. General Provisions|Section 1.03. Continued Existence

Sec. 1.03. CONTINUED EXISTENCE.  A firefighters relief and retirement fund is continued in existence in each municipality to which this Act applies.  The name of the fund shall be the name of the municipality, followed by the words "firefighters relief and retirement fund."
TX Civ Stat § 1.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 1. General Provisions|Section 1.04. Exemption From Execution

Sec. 1.04. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION.  All retirement annuity payments, other benefit payments, and a member's accumulated contributions are unassignable and are exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, and state and local taxation.
TX Civ Stat § 1.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 1. General Provisions|Section 1.05. Agreement May Not Supersede This Act

Sec. 1.05. AGREEMENT MAY NOT SUPERSEDE THIS ACT.  Notwithstanding Section 143.307, Local Government Code, an agreement between a public employer and an association under Subchapter I, Chapter 143, Local Government Code, may not supersede or preempt any provision of this Act and may not increase, diminish, or qualify any right, benefit, privilege, or obligation under this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 2.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 2. Administration|Section 2.01. Responsibility

Sec. 2.01. RESPONSIBILITY.  Each fund established under this Act is a trust.  The board of trustees is responsible for the administration of the fund.
TX Civ Stat § 2.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243e.1. Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund in Cities of 450,000 to 500,000|Article 2. Administration|Section 2.02. Composition of Board

Sec. 2.02. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.  The board of trustees is composed of:(1) the mayor of the municipality;(2) the city treasurer or, if there is no treasurer, the person who by law, charter provision, or ordinance performs the duty of city treasurer;  and(3) three members of the fund to be selected by vote of the firefighters and retirees in the manner provided by this Act.