Texas Government Code Title 8, Chapter 812 - Membership

SUBCHAPTER A MEMBERSHIP

• Texas Section 812.001 - Membership Classes
  The two classes of membership in the retirement system are the elected class and the employee class. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453,...
• Texas Section 812.002 - Membership In Elected Class
  (a) Membership in the elected class of the retirement system is limited to: (1) persons who hold state offices that are normally filled by statewide...
• Texas Section 812.003 - Membership In Employee Class
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), membership in the employee class of the retirement system includes all employees and appointed officers of every department,...
• Texas Section 812.005 - Termination Of Membership
  (a) A person's membership in the retirement system is terminated by: (1) death of the person; (2) retirement based on service credited in all classes...

SUBCHAPTER B WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS

• Texas Section 812.006 - Optional Membership
  (a) In this section, "qualified employee" means a person who: (1) has at least three years of service credit in the retirement system in the...
• Texas Section 812.101 - Criteria For Withdrawal
  (a) A member of the retirement system may withdraw all of the member's accumulated contributions for service credited in the employee class of membership if:...
• Texas Section 812.102 - Procedure For Withdrawal
  A member initiates a withdrawal of contributions by filing an application for a refund with the retirement system or the agency or department with which...
• Texas Section 812.103 - Effect Of Withdrawal
  A withdrawal of contributions cancels a member's service credit and terminates the person's membership in, and all rights to benefits from, each class from which...

SUBCHAPTER C RESUMPTION OF STATE SERVICE BY A RETIREE

• Texas Section 812.104 - Deposits Refundable
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), deposits representing interest or membership fees that are required of a member to establish service credit under Section...
• Texas Section 812.201 - Eligibility For Retirement System Membership
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a retiree may not rejoin the retirement system as a member of the class from which the person...
• Texas Section 812.202 - Benefits Not Affected
  (a) The payment of benefits to a retiree is not affected by: (1) the retiree's taking a position included in a class of membership other...
• Texas Section 812.203 - Benefits Affected
  (a) If a retiree takes the oath for a position included in the elected class of membership, the retirement system shall suspend annuity payments to...
• Texas Section 812.204 - Notice
  (a) Before a retiree begins work in a position included in the employee class of membership, the retiree and the head of the department, commission,...
• Texas Section 812.205 - Waiting Period
  A member who retires from the employee class on or after May 31, 2009, may not return to work in a position included in the...
• Texas Section 812.206 - Return To Work Surcharge
  (a) This section applies only to a person who, on or after September 1, 2009: (1) retires from the employee class; and (2) is rehired...

Last modified: September 28, 2016