Tex. Gov't Code § 814.505 · Subchapter F. RETIREE DEATH BENEFITS
RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), when a person who receives a service or disability retirement annuity dies, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the retirement annuity reserve account in the amount, if any, by which the balance in the retiree's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of service retirement exceeds the total of annuity payments payable before the retiree's death.
(b) The benefit provided by Subsection (a) is payable to a person designated by the retiree at the time of retirement in a signed and witnessed document filed with the retirement system. If a retiree does not designate a beneficiary or if the beneficiary does not survive the retiree, the benefit is payable to the retiree's estate.
(c) A death benefit may not be paid under Subsections (a) and (b) if the retiree selected an optional service retirement annuity under Section 814.108.
(d) If the person designated as the beneficiary of an optional service retirement annuity, other than one selected under Section 814.108(c)(3) or 814.108(c)(4), predeceases the retiree, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the retirement annuity reserve account in the amount, if any, by which the balance in the retiree's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of service retirement exceeds the sum of annuity payments payable to the retiree before death.
(e) The benefit provided by Subsection (d) is payable to the deceased retiree's estate.
(f) If a beneficiary dies while receiving an optional service retirement annuity, other than one selected under Section 814.108(c)(3) or 814.108(c)(4), a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the retirement annuity reserve account in the amount, if any, by which the balance in the retiree's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of service retirement exceeds the sum of annuity payments payable to the retiree and the beneficiary before the beneficiary's death.
(g) If a beneficiary dies while receiving an optional service retirement annuity selected under Section 814.302 as described in Section 814.108(c)(1) or Section 814.304(a), a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the retirement annuity reserve account in the amount, if any, by which the balance in the member's individual account in the employees saving account at the time of death exceeds the sum of annuity payments payable to the beneficiary before the beneficiary's death.
(h) The benefits provided by Subsections (f) and (g) are payable to the deceased beneficiary's estate.
(i) 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
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 81, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Title 110B, Sec. 24.505 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1100, Sec. 4.04(a)(1) to (4), eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1231, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.814.htm
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Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 814.108OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS.Printed as Section 814.108 | Section 814.108(c)(1) | Section 814.108(c)(3) or 814.108(c)(4)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 814.302SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF MEMBER.Printed as Section 814.302
- Tex. Gov't Code § 814.304ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF ELECTED MEMBER.Printed as Section 814.304(a)
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