Sec. 832.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), membership in the retirement system is limited to persons who have never been eligible for membership in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two and who, before the date the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two began operation, became judges, justices, and commissioners of:
(1) the supreme court;
(2) the court of criminal appeals;
(3) courts of appeals;
(4) district courts; and
(5) commissions to a court specified in this subsection.
(b) Except as provided by Section 832.101, membership in the retirement system includes persons who are appointed under Subchapter C of Chapter 75, and who have never been members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. A member appointed under that Act is a judicial officer for purposes of this subtitle.
(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).
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 9, Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 42.001 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Section: 832.001 832.002 832.003 832.004 832.101 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016