(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued, the member is entitled to a lump-sum payment from the retirement annuity reserve account in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the member’s individual account in the employees saving account at the time of disability retirement exceeds the amount of payments payable before the date the annuity was discontinued.
(b) The benefit provided by this section is not payable to a member who, after discontinuance of a disability retirement annuity, returns to state service or elects a service retirement annuity.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code 814.211

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.