Tex. Gov't Code § 824.502 · Subchapter F. RETIREE DEATH BENEFITS
BENEFITS ON DEATH OF DISABILITY RETIREE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The designated beneficiary of a disability retiree who retires before September 1, 1992, who has not selected an optional annuity under Section 824.308, and who dies while receiving a retirement benefit may elect to receive, instead of survivor benefits provided by Section 824.501, a benefit available under Section 824.402, computed as if the decedent had been in service at the time of death.
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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. 34.502 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. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1540, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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