Texas Government Code Title 8, Chapter 842 - Membership
SUBCHAPTER A SUBDIVISION PARTICIPATION
- Texas Section 842.001 - Subdivision Participation
(a) A subdivision, in the manner required for official actions of the subdivision, may elect to join the retirement system and be subject to the...
- Texas Section 842.002 - Rules For Participating Subdivisions
The board of trustees may adopt rules concerning: (1) notices, information, and reports the board of trustees requires from a subdivision that elects to participate...
- Texas Section 842.004 - Optional Group Term Life Program
(a) A subdivision participating in the retirement system may elect to participate in the optional group term life program. (b) A subdivision that elects to...
- Texas Section 842.007 - Subdivision Not Agent Of System
Neither a subdivision that participates in the retirement system nor any employee or officer of a participating subdivision has authority to act as an agent...
- Texas Section 842.0075 - Assumption By Successor Subdivision
(a) The governing body of a participating subdivision may, with the consent of the board of trustees and on terms approved by the board, assume...
SUBCHAPTER A-1 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION BY SUBDIVISIONS
- Texas Section 842.008 - Partial Assumption By Transferee Subdivision
If a function or activity previously performed by employees of a participating subdivision is transferred to or otherwise taken over by another participating subdivision and...
- Texas Section 842.051 - General Provisions
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, to the extent required by applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, on...
- Texas Section 842.052 - Voluntary Termination Of Participation
(a) With the consent of the board of trustees, a subdivision other than a county may voluntarily terminate its participation in the retirement system if...
- Texas Section 842.053 - Involuntary Termination Of Participation
(a) The board of trustees by order may terminate the participation of a subdivision other than a county if the board determines that: (1) the...
- Texas Section 842.054 - Class A
In a case of involuntary termination under Section 842.053, the retirement system shall make a proportionate transfer to the individual account of each member of...
- Texas Section 842.055 - Class B
If any assets remain after the transfers are made under Section 842.054, the retirement system shall make a proportionate transfer to the individual account of...
- Texas Section 842.056 - Class C
If any assets remain after the transfers are made under Sections 842.054 and 842.055, the retirement system shall make a transfer to the closed subdivision...
- Texas Section 842.057 - Class D
If any assets remain after the transfers are made under Sections 842.054, 842.055, and 842.056, the retirement system shall make a proportionate transfer to the...
SUBCHAPTER B MEMBERSHIP
- Texas Section 842.058 - Benefits
(a) After the transfers, allocations, and any necessary reductions described by Sections 842.054-842.057 have been made, each member who has not received a refund of...
- Texas Section 842.101 - General Membership Requirement
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a person who is not a member becomes a member of the retirement system on the latest...
- Texas Section 842.104 - County Hospital Employees
(a) If a county elects to participate in the retirement system, the commissioners court of the county may elect to deny membership to the employees...
- Texas Section 842.105 - Status As An Employee
For the purposes of this subtitle, a person has the standing of an employee in a participating subdivision if the person is an employee, other...
- Texas Section 842.106 - Multiple Retirement System Membership
A person who is a member of this retirement system and another state or local retirement system authorized under Section 67, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,...
- Texas Section 842.107 - Optional Membership
(a) A subdivision may authorize to be a member of the retirement system a person who is accruing benefits in another statewide retirement system for...
- Texas Section 842.108 - Withdrawal Of Accumulated Contributions
(a) A member who has separated from employment with a participating subdivision may submit an application to withdraw the member's accumulated contributions attributable to service...
- Texas Section 842.109 - Termination Of Membership
(a) A person terminates membership in the retirement system by: (1) retirement from all participating subdivisions with which the person has service credit; or (2)...
- Texas Section 842.110 - Resumption Of Service After Withdrawal Or Retirement
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who has withdrawn the person's accumulated contributions or who has retired from a participating subdivision with...
- Texas Section 842.112 - Correction Of Errors
(a) The retirement system may correct an error caused by an act or omission of the retirement system by any appropriate means. (b) If an...
- Texas Section 842.113 - Judgments, Orders, And Settlement Agreements
(a) If, as a result of a suit against a participating subdivision in a court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of a complaint...
- Texas Section 842.114 - Burden Of Proof
(a) A person disputing the validity of a form, application, or other document filed with the retirement system has the burden of proving the document...
Last modified: September 28, 2016