Texas Government Code 854.002 – Composition of Retirement Annuity
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 854.002
- 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.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.