Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 6243l · Title 109. PENSIONS
SEPARATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES IN CITIES OF 250,000 OR MORE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Section 1. The governing body of any city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to the last preceding federal census, may establish by ordinance a separate retirement system for employees of the police department notwithstanding any charter provisions of the city to the contrary.
Sec. 2. This Act does not apply to a city governed by:
(1) Chapter 4, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933, as amended (Article 6243a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(2) Chapter 101, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933, as amended (Article 6243b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(3) Chapter 105, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941, as amended (Article 6243f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(4) Chapter 76, Acts of the 50th Legislature, 1947, as amended (Article 6243g-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
(5) Chapter 75, Acts of the 50th Legislature, 1947, as amended (Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 537, ch. 253, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1979.
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