Texas Government Code Title 8, Chapter 834 - Benefits

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 834.001 - Types Of Benefits
  The types of benefits payable by the retirement system are: (1) service retirement benefits; (2) disability retirement benefits; and (3) death benefits. Acts 1981, 67th...
• Texas Section 834.002 - Application For Retirement
  A member may apply for service or disability retirement by filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees before the date the member...
• Texas Section 834.003 - Certification By Chief Justice
  An annuity may not be paid under this subtitle until the chief justice of the supreme court certifies to the comptroller of public accounts and...
• Texas Section 834.004 - Ineligibility For Benefits
  An annuity that is based on service of a member who is removed from judicial office by impeachment, or otherwise for official misconduct, may not...

SUBCHAPTER B SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Texas Section 834.005 - Disclaimer Of Benefits
  The retirement system shall give effect to a full or partial disclaimer of benefits executed in accordance with Chapter 240, Property Code, unless the benefit...
• Texas Section 834.101 - Eligibility For Service Retirement Annuity
  (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a base service retirement annuity if the member: (1) is at least 65 years old, currently...
• Texas Section 834.102 - Service Retirement Annuity
  (a) The base service retirement annuity is an amount equal to 50 percent of the state salary, as adjusted from time to time, being paid...

SUBCHAPTER C DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Texas Section 834.103 - Optional Service Retirement Annuity
  (a) Instead of a service retirement annuity payable under Section 834.102, a retiring member may elect to receive an optional service retirement annuity, payable throughout...
• Texas Section 834.201 - Eligibility For Disability Retirement Annuity
  (a) A member is eligible, regardless of age, to retire from regular active service for disability and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member...
• Texas Section 834.202 - Information About Physical Incapacity
  (a) A member who applies for retirement because of physical incapacity shall file with the supreme court written reports by two physicians licensed to practice...

SUBCHAPTER D DEATH BENEFITS

• Texas Section 834.203 - Disability Retirement Annuity
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a disability retirement annuity is an amount computed as provided by Section 834.102. (b) The amount...
• Texas Section 834.301 - Selection Of Death Benefit Plan By Member
  (a) A member who has at least 10 years of service credit in the retirement system may select a death benefit plan for the payment,...
• Texas Section 834.302 - Selection Of Death Benefit Plan By Survivor Of Member
  (a) If a member eligible to select a death benefit plan under Section 834.301(a) dies without having made a selection or if a selection cannot...
• Texas Section 834.303 - Return Of Contributions
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, the amount of the member's contributions to the retirement system is payable...
• Texas Section 834.304 - Return Of Excess Contributions
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a person dies after retirement, a lump-sum death benefit is payable in an amount, if any, by...
• Texas Section 834.305 - Beneficiary Causing Death Of Member Or Annuitant
  (a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant may not be paid to a person convicted of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016