Tex. Gov't Code § 837.001 · Subchapter A. MEMBERSHIP
ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Membership in the retirement system is limited to persons who have never been eligible for membership in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and who at any time on or after the effective date of this Act are judges, justices, or commissioners of:
(1) the supreme court;
(2) the court of criminal appeals;
(3) a court of appeals;
(4) the business court;
(5) a district court; or
(6) a commission to a court specified in this subsection.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 15.03(6), eff. September 1, 2019.
(c) Membership in the retirement system is mandatory for eligible persons.
(d) Membership in the retirement system begins on the first day an eligible person holds a judicial office specified in Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 72.001 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 15.03(6), eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 380 (H.B. 19), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.837.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 837.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 659.012JUDICIAL SALARIES.Printed as Section 837.001(a)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 836.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 837.001
- Tex. Gov't Code § 837.103RESUMPTION OF FULL-TIME JUDICIAL SERVICE BY CERTAIN RETIREES; OPTIONAL ELECTION TO REJOIN SYSTEM.Printed as Sections 837.001(c) and 837.002(2)
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