Tex. Gov't Code § 843.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
AUTHORIZATION TO REESTABLISH SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY FORFEITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An eligible member who has withdrawn contributions from the retirement system may reestablish the forfeited service credit in the system if the current service on which the credit was based was performed for a participating subdivision the governing body of which by order authorizes reestablishment of the credit by eligible employee members of the subdivision.
(b) A member eligible to reestablish service credit under this section is one who is a member as an employee of the subdivision on the effective date of an order authorized by the subdivision under Subsection (a).
(c) A member eligible under this section may reestablish service credit by depositing with the retirement system in a lump sum the amount withdrawn from the system, plus a withdrawal charge computed at an annual rate of five percent from the date of withdrawal to the date of redeposit.
(d) Prior service credit forfeited because of a withdrawal of contributions may not be reestablished under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 8, eff. June 12, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 53.003 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 8, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 16, eff. January 1, 2008.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.843.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 843.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 803.203REESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE CREDIT BY FORMER MEMBER.Printed as Section 843.003 or 853.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 843.0031OPTION TO PAY LUMP-SUM AMOUNT.Printed as Section 843.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 845.306EMPLOYEES SAVING FUND.Printed as Section 843.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 845.307SUBDIVISION ACCUMULATION FUND.Printed as Section 843.003
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