Tex. Gov't Code § 844.302 · Subchapter D. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A member who is not vested for service retirement beginning on or before the date the member attains age 60 and who has applied for disability retirement is eligible to receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 844.303(b)(1).
(b) A member who is vested for service retirement based on service in this system alone beginning on or before the date the member attains age 60 and who has applied for disability retirement is eligible to receive a retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 844.303(b)(2).
(c) If a member who has filed an application for disability retirement under this subchapter is eligible for service retirement, an evaluation by the medical board under Section 844.303 will not be made and the retirement system shall consider the retirement application as an application filed for service retirement.
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. 54.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 35, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 43, eff. January 1, 2008.
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