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TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228a-6. Administration of Social Security Programs by Employees Retirement System|Section 3. Employees: Transfer, Appointment, Duties, Qualifications and Compensation

Sec. 3. EMPLOYEES:  TRANSFER, APPOINTMENT, DUTIES, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION.  All personnel employed in the Social Security Division of the State Department of Public Welfare are transferred to the Employees Retirement System of Texas.  The system shall appoint all employees and shall prescribe their duties and qualifications for employment.  The salaries and compensations of all employees shall be fixed by the Employees Retirement System of Texas commensurate with prevailing rates for similar state positions.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228a-6. Administration of Social Security Programs by Employees Retirement System|Section 4. Transfer of Personal Property and Equipment

Sec. 4. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT.  All personal property and equipment purchased out of the Social Security Administration Account now in use by the Social Security Division of the State Department of Public Welfare for the operation and administration of the program are hereby transferred to the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228a-6. Administration of Social Security Programs by Employees Retirement System|Section 5. Transfer of Trust Funds

Sec. 5. TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS.  All trust funds created for social security purposes and specifically those known as the Social Security Fund Account identified in the state comptroller's records as Fund No. 913 and the Social Security Administration Account identified in the state comptroller's records as Fund No. 929 are hereby transferred to the Employees Retirement System of Texas.Sec. 6. NEGOTIATION FOR AND ACQUISITION OF LANDS, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.  The Employees Retirement System of Texas is hereby authorized to negotiate for and to acquire from the United States government or any agency thereof or from any source whatever by gift, purchase, or leasehold for and on behalf of the State of Texas for use in the state service and in the operation and administration of the federal social security program as it now exists, or as it may hereafter be amended, any lands, buildings, and facilities within the State of Texas and any personal property and equipment wherever located and to take title thereto for and in the name of the State of Texas.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228a-6. Administration of Social Security Programs by Employees Retirement System|Section 7. Use of Trust Funds

Sec. 7. USE OF TRUST FUNDS.  Employees retirement system trust funds shall not be used in any manner or at any time for the administration of the social security trust funds or programs provided for herein.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228a-6. Administration of Social Security Programs by Employees Retirement System|Section 8. Effective Date

Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act shall become effective September 1, 1975.Sec. 9. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING LAWS;  SAVING PROVISIONS.  All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only.  It is expressly provided, however, that Chapter 500, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, 1951, as amended (Article 695g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), Chapter 467, Acts of the 54th Legislature, 1955, as amended (Article 695h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and Section 17.91, Texas Education Code, shall continue in full force and effect except wherein they conflict with this Act and, more particularly, those portions of those articles placing the operation and administration of the federal social security program under the State Department of Public Welfare, and wherever any power, duty, function, or responsibility is placed upon the executive director (commissioner) of public welfare, it shall be vested in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.|Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 966, ch. 366, Sec. 2 to 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228d. Death Before Retirement Under County Retirement Systems|Section 1.

Sec. 1. Any member of a retirement, disability and death compensation fund established by any county of this State pursuant to Section 62 of Article XVI of the Constitution of Texas, by written designation filed in such form and with such officer or employee as the Commissioners Court shall prescribe, may provide that the contributions made by such member to such fund, together with interest (if any) assigned to such contributions under such plan, shall be paid, in the event of the death of such member before retirement with an allowance of benefits from said fund, to such beneficiary as may be named by him in such written designation.  The member may change the beneficiary so designated, or revoke a designation previously made by filing with the Commissioners Court, or such officer or employee as may be designated by such Court, a notice in writing in such form as the Court may prescribe, of such change or revocation.In the event the member dies before such retirement, without so designating a beneficiary to receive his accumulated contributions and interest if any, or in the event the beneficiary so designated predeceases the member, such sums shall be paid to his estate.  Payment of the accumulated contributions and interest of a member to the executor or administrator of his estate, or to his designated beneficiary, shall discharge the fund and its administrative officers from any other or further liability therefor.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6228d. Death Before Retirement Under County Retirement Systems|Section 2.

Sec. 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all such retirement, disability and death compensation funds, whether such funds were established prior to the passage of this Act or subsequent to the passage of this Act.|Acts 1949, 51st Leg., p. 1174, ch. 588.  Amended by Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., p. 230, ch. 136.|
TX Civ Stat § 1A (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 1A. Definitions

Sec. 1A. DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:(1) "Board of Trustees" or "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund.(2) "Member" means a duly appointed and enrolled policeman or fireman of a city covered by this Act who is a contributing member of the pension fund.(3) "Pension Fund" or "Fund" means the Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund.(4) "Salary" means base pay plus longevity pay received by a member from the city for personal services rendered as a policeman or fireman excluding all other forms of compensation.(5) "Wages" means salary, longevity, and overtime pay received by a member from the city for personal services rendered as a policeman or fireman excluding all other compensation.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 2. Participation in Fund; Wage Deductions

Sec. 2.  PARTICIPATION IN FUND;  WAGE DEDUCTIONS. Each member fireman and policeman in the employment of such city or town must participate in said fund, except in times of national emergency those persons as are employed during that time shall not be required to participate in the fund, and said city or town shall be authorized to deduct a sum of not less than one per cent (1%) nor in excess of six per cent (6%) of his wages from each month to form a part of the fund known as the Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund, except that the city or town shall deduct a sum less than one per cent (1%) or more than six per cent (6%) of the member's wages each month to form a part of the fund if the board of trustees of that fund increases or decreases the percentage of wages to be contributed to the fund under the provisions of Section 10A or 14A of this Act.  The amount to be deducted from the wages of those named above who must participate in the fund is to be determined by the board of trustees as provided for in Section 1 of this Act within the minimum and maximum deductions herein provided or as otherwise provided under the provisions of Section 10A or 14A of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 3. Payments to Fund

Sec. 3.  PAYMENTS TO FUND.  There shall be deducted for such fund from the wages of each fireman and policeman a sum to be determined by the board of trustees under the provisions of Sections 2, 10A, and 14A of this Act.  Any donations made to such fund and rewards received by any member of either of said funds, and all funds received from any source for such fund shall be deposited in like manner to the credit of such fund.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 4. Conduct of Meetings

Sec. 4. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS.  The board shall hold regular monthly meetings and other meetings upon call of its chairman.  It shall issue orders signed by the president or chairman and secretary to the persons entitled thereto, of the amount of money ordered paid to such persons from such fund by said board which order shall state for what purpose such payment is to be made;  it shall keep a record of its proceedings, which record shall be a public record;  it shall at each monthly meeting send to the city treasurer a written list of persons entitled to payment from the fund, stating the amount of such payment, and for what granted, which list shall be certified to and signed by the president or chairman and secretary of such board, attested under oath.  The treasurer shall enter a copy of said list upon the book to be kept for that purpose, which book shall be known as the "Record of the Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund Board," of __________, Texas, and the said board shall direct payments of the amounts named therein to the persons entitled thereto out of said fund.  No money of said fund shall be disbursed for any purpose without a vote of a majority of the board, which shall be a no and yes vote entered upon the proceedings of the board.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 5. Custody of Fund

Sec. 5. CUSTODY OF FUND.  The treasurer of said city or town shall be ex-officio treasurer of said fund.  All money for said fund shall be paid over to and received by the treasurer for the use of said fund, and the duties thus imposed upon such treasurer shall be additional duties for which he shall be liable under his oath and bond as such city or town treasurer, but he shall receive no compensation therefor.
TX Civ Stat § 6 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 6. Membership in Pension Fund; Eligibility

Sec. 6. MEMBERSHIP IN PENSION FUND;  ELIGIBILITY.    (a)  Any person who has been duly appointed and enrolled as a policeman or fireman of any city covered by this Act shall automatically become a member of the pension fund of such city upon expiration of ninety (90) days from date such city comes within the provisions of this Act, provided such person at the time of such appointment was not less than eighteen (18) years of age and not more than twenty-nine (29) years of age and except as provided under Section 10A of this Act. In all instances where a person is already a member of and contributor to such pension fund, he shall retain and be entitled to all rights and privileges due him by virtue of having been such a member and contributor.(b) Any person not a member of the pension fund when this Act becomes effective, who thereafter is duly appointed and enrolled as a fireman or policeman of such city shall automatically become a member of the pension system as a condition of his employment provided such person at the time of such appointment was not less than eighteen (18) years of age and not more than twenty-nine (29) years of age and except as provided under Section 10A of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 7. Retirement Pensions

Sec. 7. RETIREMENT PENSIONS.  Whenever any member of said departments who shall have contributed a portion of his wages, as provided herein, shall have served twenty-five (25) years or more in either of said departments and shall have attained the age of fifty (50) years, he shall be entitled to be retired from said service upon application, and shall be entitled to be paid from said fund a monthly pension of one-half (1/2) of the salary received by him at the time of his retirement subject to change under the provisions of Section 10A of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 8. Disability Pensions

Sec. 8. DISABILITY PENSIONS.  Whenever any member of the fire department or police department of any such city or town, and who is a contributor to said fund as provided, shall become so permanently disabled through injury received, or disease contracted, in the line of duty, as to incapacitate him for the performance of duty, or shall for any cause, through no fault of his own, become so permanently disabled as to incapacitate him for the performance of duty, and shall make written application therefor approved by a majority of the board, he shall be retired from service and be entitled to receive from said fund one-half of the monthly salary received by him as a member of either of said departments, at the time he became so disabled, to be paid in regular monthly installments subject to change under the provisions of Section 10A of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 10. Death Benefits, Father, Etc

Sec. 10. DEATH BENEFITS, FATHER, ETC.  If any member of the fire department or police department dies from injuries received or disease contracted while in the line of duty, or from any cause through no fault of his own, who was a contributor to said fund and entitled to participate in said fund himself, leaves no wife or child, but who shall leave surviving him a dependent father, mother, brother, or sister, wholly dependent upon said person for support, such dependent father, mother, sister and brother shall be entitled to receive in the aggregate one-half of the salary earned by said deceased immediately prior to his death, to be equally divided between those who are wholly dependent on said deceased, so long as they are wholly dependent.  The board shall have authority to determine the facts as to the dependency of said parties and each of them, as to how long the same exists, and may at any time upon the request of any contributor to such fund, reopen any award made to any of said parties and discontinue such pension as to all or any of them as it may deem proper, and the findings of said board in regard to such matter and as to all pensions granted under this law shall be final upon all parties seeking a pension as a dependent of said deceased, or otherwise, until such award of the trustees shall have been set aside or revoked.  The provisions of this section are subject to change under the provisions of Section 10A of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 11. Investigations

Sec. 11. INVESTIGATIONS.  The board shall consider all cases for the retirement and pension of the members of the fire and police departments rendered necessary or expedient under the provisions of this law, and all applications for pensions by widows and the children and of dependent relatives, and the said trustees shall give written notice to persons asking a pension to appear before said board and offer such sworn evidence as he or they may desire.  Any person who is a member of either of said departments and who is a contributor to said fund may appear either in person or by attorney and contest the application for participation in said fund by any person claiming to be entitled to participate therein, and may offer testimony in support of such contest.  The president or chairman of said board shall have authority to issue process for witnesses and administer oaths to said witnesses and to examine any witness as to any matter affecting retirement or a pension under the provisions of this law.  Such process for witness shall be served by any member of the police or fire department and upon the failure of any witness to attend and testify, he or she may be compelled to attend and testify, as in any judicial proceeding.
TX Civ Stat § 12 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 12. Medical Examination

Sec. 12. MEDICAL EXAMINATION.  Said board may cause any person receiving any pension under the provisions of this law, who has served less than twenty (20) years, to appear and undergo a medical examination, as a result of which the board shall determine whether the relief in said case shall be continued, increased, decreased or discontinued.  If any person receiving relief under the provisions of this law, after due notice, fails to appear and undergo such examination, the board may reduce or entirely discontinue such relief.
TX Civ Stat § 13 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 13.

Sec. 13. Repealed by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 817, ch. 368, Sec. 5, eff. June 12, 1973.
TX Civ Stat § 14 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 14. Use of Public Funds

Sec. 14.  USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.  Except as provided by Section 14A of this Act, no funds shall be paid out of the public treasury of any such incorporated city or town, in carrying out any of the provisions of this law, except on a majority vote of the voters of such city or town, and where such funds have been voted on as provided by law, said city or town shall contribute such amount.
TX Civ Stat § 14A (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 14A. Contribution Increases

Sec. 14A.  CONTRIBUTION INCREASES.  (a)  If at any time a qualified actuary that meets the requirements of Subdivision (1), Subsection (b), Section 10A of this Act, determines that the total contribution rate, expressed as a percentage of wages, is insufficient to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability, as defined under the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 25, over a 40-year period:(1)  the city's or town's governing body may increase the city or town contribution rate; and(2)  to the extent that the city or town contribution rate increases under Subdivision (1) of this subsection, the member contribution rate must increase by an amount equal to the member contribution rate before the increase multiplied by a fraction:(A)  the numerator of which is the increase in the amount of the city or town contribution rate; and(B)  the denominator of which is the amount of the city or town contribution rate before the increase.(b)  The sum of the city or town contribution rate and the member contribution rate after an increase under this section may not exceed the total contribution rate determined by the qualified actuary to be necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability over a forty (40) year period.
TX Civ Stat § 14B (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 14B. Contribution Decreases

Sec. 14B.  CONTRIBUTION DECREASES.  (a)  If at any time a qualified actuary that meets the requirements of Section 10A(b)(1) of this Act determines that the total contribution rate, expressed as a percentage of wages, is sufficient to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability, as defined under the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 25, over a 25-year period:(1)  the city's or town's governing body may decrease the city or town contribution rate; and(2)  to the extent that the city or town contribution rate decreases under Subdivision (1) of this subsection, the member contribution rate must decrease by an amount equal to the member contribution rate before the decrease multiplied by a fraction:(A)  the numerator of which is the decrease in the amount of the city or town contribution rate; and(B)  the denominator of which is the amount of the city or town contribution rate before the decrease.(b)  The sum of the city or town contribution rate and the member contribution rate after a decrease under this section may not be less than the total contribution rate determined by the qualified actuary to be necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability over a 25-year period.
TX Civ Stat § 15 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 109 - Pensions|Article 6243b. Firemen and Policemen Pension Fund in Cities of 500,000 to 600,000|Section 15. Awards Exempt

Sec. 15. AWARDS EXEMPT.  No amount awarded to any person under the provisions of this law shall be liable for the debts of any such person;  shall not be assignable and shall be exempt from garnishment or other legal process.