Texas Government Code Title 8, Chapter 813 - Creditable Service

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 813.001 - Types Of Creditable Service
  The types of service creditable in the retirement system are membership service, military service, and equivalent membership service. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch....

SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE

• Texas Section 813.002 - Service Creditable In A Year
  The board of trustees by rule shall determine how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of creditable service, but in no...
• Texas Section 813.101 - Determination Of Required Deposits
  The retirement system shall determine in each case the amount of money to be deposited by a member claiming credit for membership or military service...
• Texas Section 813.102 - Service Credit Previously Canceled
  (a) A member who has withdrawn contributions and canceled service credit in a class of membership may, if eligible as provided by Section 813.403 or...
• Texas Section 813.104 - Alternative Payments And Methods To Establish Or Reestablish Service Credit
  (a) The board of trustees may adopt rules to provide procedures for making installment payments to establish or reestablish credit in the retirement system as...

SUBCHAPTER C ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICE

• Texas Section 813.106 - Service Not Previously Established
  The state shall make contributions for service not previously established that is established under Section 813.104 in the amount provided by Section 813.202(c) for membership...
• Texas Section 813.201 - Current Service
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, service is credited in the applicable membership class for each month in which a member holds a...

SUBCHAPTER D ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY SERVICE

• Texas Section 813.202 - Membership Service Not Previously Established
  (a) Except as provided by Section 813.402, any member may establish service credit in the retirement system for membership service not previously established. (b) A...
• Texas Section 813.301 - Creditable Military Service
  (a) Military service creditable in the retirement system is active federal duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. (b) A...
• Texas Section 813.302 - Military Service Not Previously Established
  (a) An eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for military service performed that is creditable as provided by Section 813.301. (b)...
• Texas Section 813.303 - Service Credited To Membership Class
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 813.304(d), military service is creditable in a class of membership that includes a position held by...
• Texas Section 813.304 - Use Of Military Service Credit
  (a) The retirement system shall use military service credit in computing occupational disability retirement benefits and death benefits and in determining eligibility to select an...

SUBCHAPTER E PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTED CLASS

• Texas Section 813.305 - Military Service Credit Governed By Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act
  The retirement system may adopt rules to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.) and other...
• Texas Section 813.401 - Service Creditable In Elected Class
  Service creditable in the elected class of membership is: (1) membership service in an office included in that class; (2) military service established as provided...
• Texas Section 813.402 - Credit For Year In Which Eligible For Office
  (a) A member may establish service credit in the elected class for any calendar year during any part of which: (1) the member held an...
• Texas Section 813.403 - Eligibility For Service Credit Previously Canceled
  A member may, under Section 813.102(b), reestablish service credit previously canceled if the member, after cancellation of the credit, takes an oath of office for...

SUBCHAPTER F PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EMPLOYEE CLASS

• Texas Section 813.404 - Contributions For Service Not Previously Established
  For each month of membership, military, or equivalent membership service not previously credited in the retirement system, a member claiming credit in the elected class...
• Texas Section 813.501 - Service Creditable In Employee Class
  Service creditable in the employee class of membership is: (1) membership service in a position included in that class; (2) military service established as provided...
• Texas Section 813.502 - Administrative Board Service
  (a) A member who established during December, 1977, service credit for administrative board service performed during that month, may: (1) remain a contributing member of...
• Texas Section 813.503 - Credit Transferable Between Elected And Employee Class
  (a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), a member may establish in, or have transferred to, the employee class all service credited in the elected class, if...
• Texas Section 813.504 - Eligibility For Service Credit Previously Canceled
  A person may reestablish service credit previously canceled in the retirement system if the person is a member of the employee class and at least...
• Texas Section 813.505 - Contributions For Service Not Previously Established
  (a) A member claiming credit in the employee class for membership service not previously established shall, for each month of the service, pay a contribution...
• Texas Section 813.506 - Custodial Officer Service
  (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the managed health care unit of The University of Texas Medical Branch, and the Texas Tech University Health...
• Texas Section 813.509 - Credit For Accumulated Sick Leave
  (a) A member who holds a position included in the employee class of membership during the month that includes the effective date of the member's...
• Texas Section 813.511 - Credit For Accumulated Annual Leave
  (a) A member who holds a position included in the employee class of membership during the month that includes the effective date of the member's...
• Texas Section 813.513 - Credit Purchase Option
  (a) An eligible member may establish not more than 36 months of equivalent membership service credit, including law enforcement or custodial officer service, in either...
• Texas Section 813.514 - Credit Purchase Option For Certain Service
  (a) This section applies only to a member who became a member before September 1, 2015. (a-1) A member may establish service credit under this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016