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Tex. Gov't Code § 854.002

COMPOSITION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Each retirement annuity payable under this subtitle consists of a prior service annuity and a current service annuity.

(b) A prior service annuity is actuarially determined from any updated service credit or any prior service, special prior service, or antecedent service credit in effect for a member on the date of retirement, plus accumulated interest.

(c) A current service annuity is actuarially determined on the date of a member's retirement from the sum of:

(1) the amount credited to the member's individual account; and

(2) an additional amount from the benefit accumulation fund equal to the amount in the member's individual account or a greater amount authorized by a participating municipality under Section 855.501.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, instead of an annuity, a person will receive from the retirement system a single payment equal to the sum of the following if on the date of that person's retirement that sum is $10,000 or less:

(1) any updated service credit or any prior service, special prior service, or antecedent service credit for that person on the date of retirement, plus accumulated interest;

(2) the amount credited to the person's individual account; and

(3) an additional amount from the benefit accumulation fund equal to the amount in the member's individual account or a greater amount authorized by a participating municipality under Section 855.501.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.