Tex. Gov't Code § 834.302 · Subchapter D. DEATH BENEFITS
SELECTION OF DEATH BENEFIT PLAN BY SURVIVOR OF MEMBER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a member eligible to select a death benefit plan under Section 834.301(a) dies without having made a selection or if a selection cannot be made effective, the member's designated beneficiary may select a plan in the same manner as if the member had made the selection. If there is no designated beneficiary, the personal representative of the decedent's estate may make the selection.
(b) If a person dies who meets the description in Section 814.302(b), the person's designated beneficiary or the guardian of surviving minor children may select a death benefit plan under that subsection.
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. 44.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1048, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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