Tex. Gov't Code § 824.304 · Subchapter D. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Section 824.310, if a member has a total of less than 10 years of service credit in the retirement system on the date of disability retirement, the retirement system shall pay the person a disability retirement annuity of $150 a month for the shortest of the following periods:
(1) the duration of the disability;
(2) the number of months of creditable service the person has at retirement; or
(3) the duration of the person's life.
(b) Subject to Section 824.310, if a member has a total of at least 10 years of service credit in the retirement system on the date of disability retirement, the retirement system shall pay the person for the duration of the disability a disability retirement annuity in an amount equal to the greater of:
(1) a standard service retirement annuity computed under Section 824.203; or
(2) $150 a month.
(c) Before the 31st day after the date on which the medical board certifies a member's disability, the member may reinstate withdrawn contributions and make deposits for military service and equivalent membership service and receive service credit as provided by this subtitle.
(d) The minimum benefits provided by this section are subject to reduction under rules adopted under Section 824.310 and are also subject to reduction in the same manner as other benefits because of the selection of an optional retirement annuity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 34.304 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 13, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 812, Sec. 8, 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 555, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1416, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1229, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1230 (H.B. 2427), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.1011DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT.Printed as Section 824.203 or 824.304(b)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.308OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS.Printed as Section 824.304(b)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.503RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.Printed as Section 824.304
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.702COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.Printed as Section 824.304(a) | Section 824.304(b)(2)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.703COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT: JANUARY 2024.Printed as Section 824.304(a) | Section 824.304(b)(2)
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