Tex. Gov't Code § 812.002 · Subchapter A. MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP IN ELECTED CLASS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Membership in the elected class of the retirement system is limited to:
(1) persons who hold state offices that are normally filled by statewide election and that are not included in the coverage of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two;
(2) members of the legislature; and
(3) district and criminal district attorneys, to the extent that they receive salaries from the state general revenue fund.
(b) Membership in the elected class is optional.
(c) An eligible person becomes a member of the elected class by filing a notice of intention to become a member with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by the board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 4, Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 22.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.812.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 812.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 810.003CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS INELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 812.002(a)(1)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 814.103SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR ELECTED CLASS SERVICE.Printed as Section 812.002(a)(3)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 820.053CASH BALANCE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS.Printed as Section 812.002(a)(2)
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