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TX Govt Code § 852.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 852 - Membership|Subchapter B. Membership|Section 852.107. Optional Membership Requirement for Elected Officers

Sec. 852.107.  OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTED OFFICERS.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality that began participation in the retirement system before January 1, 1982, by ordinance may provide that persons who hold and are regularly engaged in the performance of duties of an elective office that normally requires actual performance of services in a participating department of the municipality for not less than 1,000 hours a year are employees required to become members of the retirement system.(b)  An ordinance under this section takes effect on the first day of any calendar month after adoption that is designated by the governing body adopting the ordinance.(c)  A person required to become a member under an ordinance adopted under this section becomes a member on the effective date of the ordinance or the date the person takes office, whichever is later, unless the date the person takes office is after the effective date of the ordinance and the person is then ineligible for membership under applicable age restrictions of this subtitle.(d)  A person who becomes a member as provided by this section is entitled to prior service credit as provided by Section 853.302.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 220, ch. 18, Sec. 71, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 62.107 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 852.1085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 852 - Membership|Subchapter B. Membership|Section 852.1085. Resumption of Service With Same Employer by Certain Retirees

Sec. 852.1085.  RESUMPTION OF SERVICE WITH SAME EMPLOYER BY CERTAIN RETIREES.  Notwithstanding Section 852.108, a person who retired because the department in the municipality in which the person worked was privatized and who later resumes employment in the same department or a successor department in the person's reemploying municipality again becomes a member of the retirement system and the person's retirement annuity is not suspended in the same manner provided by Section 852.109 for a person who resumes employment with a different municipality.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1099 (H.B. 3392), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 852.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 852 - Membership|Subchapter B. Membership|Section 852.110. Correction of Errors

Sec. 852.110.  CORRECTION OF ERRORS.  (a)  The retirement system, under rules adopted by the board of trustees, shall correct an error in current service performed, or current service credit that should have been received, not more than four years before the date an application for the correction, on a form approved by the board of trustees, is received by the retirement system.(b)  The retirement system shall correct an error in prior service credit if the retirement system receives the person's written application for the correction not later than the fourth anniversary of the later of the date the municipality began participation in, or the person first became a member of, the retirement system.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 853.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 853.001. Types of Creditable Service

Sec. 853.001.  TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.  The types of service creditable as credited service in the retirement system are prior service and current service.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.0015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 853.0015. Excluded Prior Service Credit

Sec. 853.0015.  EXCLUDED PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT.  If a member is entitled to receive excluded prior service credit under this chapter, the excluded prior service credit certified to the member:(1)  may only be used to satisfy length of service requirements for vesting and retirement eligibility; and(2)  may not be used to determine eligibility for or computation of updated service credits.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 853.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 853.002. Benefit Eligibility Based on Credited Service

Sec. 853.002.  BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY BASED ON CREDITED SERVICE.  A member's eligibility to receive a benefit is based on credited service at the time of retirement.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 853.003. Buy Back of Credited Service Previously Canceled

Sec. 853.003.  BUY BACK OF CREDITED SERVICE PREVIOUSLY CANCELED.  (a)  An eligible member who has withdrawn contributions and canceled credited service in the retirement system may reestablish the canceled credit in the system if the governing body of the municipality that currently employs the member by ordinance authorizes reestablishment of the credit by eligible employee members.(b)  A member eligible to reestablish credit under this section is one who has, since resuming membership, at least 24 consecutive months of credited service as an employee of the municipality for which the ordinance was adopted.(c)  A member may reestablish credit by depositing with the retirement system in a lump sum the amount withdrawn from the system, plus a withdrawal charge computed at an annual rate of five percent from the date of withdrawal to the date of redeposit.(d)  Credit reestablished under this section is treated as if all service on which the credit is based were performed for the municipality authorizing the reestablishment.(e)  A governing body may not adopt an ordinance under Subsection (a) unless the actuary first determines that all obligations charged against the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund, including the obligations proposed in the ordinance, can be funded by the municipality within its maximum contribution rate and within its amortization period.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 220, ch. 18, Sec. 72, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.003 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 853.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 853.004. Rules for Creditable Service

Sec. 853.004.  RULES FOR CREDITABLE SERVICE.  The board of trustees may adopt rules necessary or desirable to implement this chapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 853.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.101. Creditable Prior Service

Sec. 853.101.  CREDITABLE PRIOR SERVICE.  Prior service creditable in the retirement system is:(1)  service performed as an employee of a participating department of a municipality before the date the department's participation in the retirement system became effective;(2)  for a person who becomes a member of the retirement system under Section 852.105, service performed as an employee of a participating department during a time the person was ineligible for membership because of age;  or(3)  for a person entitled to prior service credit under Section 853.102(a)(3), service for which current service credit has not been granted that was performed as an employee of a participating department during a time the person was ineligible to participate because of age.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 220, ch. 18, Sec. 73, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.101 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.102. Eligibility for Prior Service

Sec. 853.102.  ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIOR SERVICE.  (a)  A member is eligible to receive credit in the retirement system for prior service if the member:(1)  became a member as an employee of a department of a municipality on the effective date of the department's participation in the retirement system;(2)  became a member as an employee of a department of a municipality before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the department's participation and continued as an employee of a participating department of the municipality for at least five consecutive years after reemployment;  or(3)  became a member September 1, 1987, by virtue of Sections 852.101(a)(3) and (b) and has service before that date with a municipality that has adopted the provisions of Section 852.105.(b)  The board of trustees may adopt rules concerning eligibility for prior service under this section.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 221, ch. 18, Sec. 74, eff. Jan. 1, 1982;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.102 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.103. Statement of Prior Service

Sec. 853.103.  STATEMENT OF PRIOR SERVICE.  A member may claim credit for prior service by filing a detailed statement of the service with the city clerk or city secretary of the municipality for which the service was performed.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.103 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.104. Certification of Service and Average Compensation

Sec. 853.104.  CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE AND AVERAGE COMPENSATION.  (a)  As soon as practicable after a member files a statement of prior service under Section 853.103, the municipality that employs the person who receives the statement shall verify the prior service claimed and certify to the board of trustees the amount of service approved and the member's average prior service compensation.(b)  The average prior service compensation of a member is computed as the average monthly compensation for service performed for a participating department of the municipality:(1)  for the 36 months immediately preceding the effective date of the department's participation in the retirement system;  or(2)  if the member did not perform service in each of the 36 months immediately preceding participation, for the number of months of service within the 36-month period.(c)  The board of trustees may adopt rules concerning verification and certification of service and compensation under this section.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.104 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.106. Prior Service Certificate

Sec. 853.106.  PRIOR SERVICE CERTIFICATE.  (a)  After determining a member's prior service credit under Section 853.105, the retirement system shall issue to the member a prior service certificate stating:(1)  the number of months of prior service credited;(2)  the average prior service compensation; and(3)  the prior service credit.(b)  As long as a person remains a member, the person's prior service certificate is, for purposes of retirement, conclusive evidence of the information it contains, except that a member or participating municipality may request that the retirement system correct an error in the prior service certificate in accordance with Section 852.110.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.106 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 853.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter B. Establishment of Prior Service|Section 853.107. Void Prior Service Certificate

Sec. 853.107.  VOID PRIOR SERVICE CERTIFICATE.  (a)  When a person's membership in the retirement system is terminated, any prior service certificate issued to the person becomes void.(b)  A person whose membership has terminated and who subsequently resumes membership in the retirement system is not entitled to credit for prior service.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.107 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter C. Establishment of Current Service|Section 853.201. Creditable Current Service

Sec. 853.201.  CREDITABLE CURRENT SERVICE.  Service performed as an employee member of a participating department of a municipality is credited in the retirement system for each month for which the required contributions are made by the member.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.201 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter D. Optional Service|Section 853.301. Service for Certain Public Facilities

Sec. 853.301.  SERVICE FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES.  (a)  The governing body of a participating municipality by ordinance may authorize the granting of prior service credit in the retirement system for service performed in a public hospital, utility, or other public facility currently operated by the municipality, during a time the facility was operated by a unit of government other than the municipality and before:(1)  the effective date of the municipality's participation in the retirement system, if the facility was acquired by the municipality before that date;  or(2)  the date of acquisition of the facility, if the facility was acquired after the effective date of the municipality's participation in the retirement system.(b)  A member eligible to receive credit under this section after an ordinance is adopted under Subsection (a) is one who was employed by the municipality at a public facility:(1)  on the effective date of the municipality's participation, for service under Subsection (a)(1);  or(2)  on the date of acquisition of the facility, for service under Subsection (a)(2).(c)  All credit authorized by a municipality under this section is treated as if it were performed for the municipality.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.301 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter D. Optional Service|Section 853.302. Service for Elected Officers

Sec. 853.302.  SERVICE FOR ELECTED OFFICERS.  An elected officer who becomes a member of the retirement system on the effective date of an ordinance adopted under Section 852.107 is entitled to prior service credit computed as provided by Section 853.105, except that if the employing municipality has granted updated service credits, the percentage to be used in computing a prior service credit under this section is the percentage of the base updated service credit that was most recently used by the municipality in computing updated service credits.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 221, ch. 18, Sec. 76, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Govt Code § 853.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter D. Optional Service|Section 853.304. Prior Service Credit for Probationary Employment

Sec. 853.304.  PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT FOR PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a participating municipality which prior to September 1, 1989, engaged persons beginning work with the municipality on a probationary basis for a specified period and consequently did not enroll the person as a member of the system until the probationary period expired may by ordinance allow prior service credit for service performed during the period of probationary employment (not exceeding six months) with the municipality.(b)  After the retirement system receives a copy of a municipality's ordinance described by Subsection (a), the retirement system shall furnish to the municipality a report containing the names of employees who, according to the retirement system's records, are eligible to receive prior service credit for probationary employment.(c)  As soon as practicable after the municipality receives a report under Subsection (b), the municipality shall verify the information in the report and certify to the retirement system the number of months of probationary employment to which each employee listed on the report appears to be entitled and the average monthly compensation paid to the member during the period of probationary employment.(d)  The certification by the municipality must be received by the retirement system not later than the first anniversary of the effective date of the ordinance allowing the credit.  After receiving the certification from the municipality described by Subsection (c), the board of trustees shall determine the prior service credit allowable to the member in the manner provided in Section 853.105.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(b), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.|
TX Govt Code § 853.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems|Subtitle G - Texas Municipal Retirement System|Chapter 853 - Creditable Service|Subchapter E. Optional Increases in Service Credits|Section 853.401. Ordinance Authorizing Updated Service Credits

Sec. 853.401.  ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 853.0015, the governing body of a participating municipality by ordinance may authorize the crediting in the retirement system of updated service credits for service performed for the municipality by members.  Beginning January 1, 2022, a member must be a contributing employee of the municipality on the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e) to be eligible to receive an updated service credit authorized under this section.  An updated service credit authorized under this section replaces any updated service credit or prior service credit previously authorized for part of the same service.(b)  A municipality may not authorize updated service credits for members who had less than 36 months of credited service on the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e).(c)  In adopting an ordinance under this section, a governing body shall specify the percentage of base updated service credits to be used in computing updated service credits for employees of the municipality and shall specify the date the updated service credits will take effect.  The percentage adopted may be 50 percent, 75 percent, or 100 percent of a base updated service credit.  The effective date must be January 1 of a year specified by the governing body.  If the governing body of a municipality has specified a different percentage in an ordinance adopted under Section 853.404(a) and in effect on December 31, 1999, the percentage used in computing updated service credits for employees of that municipality remains in effect until changed or discontinued under Section 853.404.(d)  A governing body that adopts an ordinance under this section shall send it to the retirement system, and the system must receive it before the effective date of the updated service credits authorized in the ordinance.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 221, ch. 18, Sec. 77, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.401 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 3, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (S.B. 1337), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2020.|