Tex. Gov't Code § 814.401 · Subchapter E. MEMBER DEATH BENEFITS
MEMBER DEATH BENEFITS GENERALLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
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. 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.
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