Tex. Gov't Code § 854.502 · Subchapter F. DEATH BENEFITS
REFUND OF UNRECOVERED CONTRIBUTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If monthly payments of any standard service retirement annuity under Section 854.103, optional service retirement annuity under Section 854.104, standard disability retirement annuity under Section 854.304, optional disability retirement annuity under Section 854.305, standard occupational disability retirement annuity under Section 854.408, or optional occupational disability retirement annuity under Section 854.410 cease before the sum of all payments of the annuity equals or exceeds the amount of accumulated contributions credited to the member's individual account at the time of retirement of the member on whose service the annuity was based, a lump-sum benefit equal to the amount by which the amount of the accumulated contributions exceeds the sum of all payments made by reason of the annuity is payable:
(1) to the designated beneficiary, if living, or if not living, to the estate of the designated beneficiary, if the designated beneficiary survived the retiree; or
(2) to the estate of the retiree, if the designated beneficiary predeceased the retiree.
(b) The benefit provided by this section is payable from the benefit accumulation fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 228, ch. 18, Sec. 92, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.502 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 20, eff. June 17, 2011.
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.854.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.103STANDARD SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.103
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.104OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.104
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.304STANDARD DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.304
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.305OPTIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.305
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.408STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.408
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.410OPTIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.410
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 854.502. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.008PARTIAL LUMP-SUM DISTRIBUTION ON RETIREMENT.Printed as Section 854.502
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.107DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER STRAIGHT LIFE OR GUARANTEED TERM ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.502
- Tex. Gov't Code § 854.304STANDARD DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.Printed as Section 854.502
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