Section 833.105 - Alternative Payments 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 alternatives to lump-sum payments otherwise authorized or required by this subtitle. The methods may include payment by payroll deduction.(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), payments may not be made under a rule adopted under this section: (1) to establish or reestablish service credit of a person who has retired or died; or(2) to establish current service under Section 833.101.(c) Under a rule adopted under this section, the designated beneficiary of a deceased member or, if none exists, the personal representative of the decedent's estate may establish or reestablish service for which the member was eligible at the time of death if the establishment or reestablishment of the service would result in the payment of a death benefit annuity.(d) The payment for the establishment or reestablishment of service under Subsection (c) must be made in a lump sum and completed before the first payment of a death benefit annuity but not later than the 60th day after the date the retirement system receives notice of the death.Tex. Gov't. Code § 833.105
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1048, Sec. 27, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 791, Sec. 31, eff. 9/1/1993.