Tex. Gov't Code Section 844.401
Return of Accumulated Contributions

(a)

Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the employees saving fund in the amount of:

(1)

the decedent’s accumulated contributions; plus

(2)

interest computed on the decedent’s accumulated contributions on January 1 of the year of death from the beginning of that year through the end of the month before the month in which death occurs.

(b)

The benefit provided by this section is payable to the decedent’s beneficiary or, if no surviving beneficiary exists, to the decedent’s spouse or, if no surviving spouse exists, to the decedent’s estate.

(c)

A benefit is not payable under this section if an annuity based on the same service with the subdivision is payable under this subtitle.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.401 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 11, eff. Dec. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 38, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.

Source: Section 844.401 — Return of Accumulated Contributions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­844.­htm#844.­401 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

844.001
Types of Benefits 844.002
Composition of Retirement Annuity 844.003
Effective Date of Retirement 844.004
Standard Retirement Annuity 844.005
When Annuity Is Payable 844.006
Change of Beneficiary or Division of Benefit for Certain Persons Receiving Monthly Benefits 844.007
Interest Credit for Other than December Retirements 844.008
Limitation on Payment of Benefits 844.009
Partial Lump-sum Distribution on Service Retirement 844.010
Certain Beneficiary Designations 844.0041
Optional Retirement Annuities 844.0042
Authority to Pay Benefits Under Alternate Forms 844.101
Application for Service Retirement Annuity 844.102
Systemwide Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity 844.208
Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities 844.209
Alternative Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities 844.301
Application for Disability Retirement 844.302
Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity 844.303
Certification of Disability 844.306
Medical Examination of Disability Retiree 844.307
Cancellation of Disability Retirement 844.309
Adjustments at Annuity Termination 844.401
Return of Accumulated Contributions 844.402
Return of Excess Contributions 844.404
Person Causing Death of Member or Annuitant 844.405
Trust as Beneficiary 844.406
Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary 844.407
Survivor Annuity 844.408
No Surviving Spouse, Executor, or Administrator 844.501
Coverage in Optional Group Term Life Program 844.502
Extended Optional Group Term Life Coverage 844.503
Member Optional Group Term Life 844.504
Retiree Optional Group Term Life Benefit 844.505
Beneficiary of Optional Group Term Life Benefit 844.601
Plan Funding by Non-adopting County 844.701
Applicability 844.702
Member Contributions 844.703
Subdivision Contributions 844.704
Benefits 844.1021
Optional Eligibility Provisions for Service Retirement 844.1022
Special Eligibility Provisions for Service Retirement 844.3011
Annuity Payable on Disability Retirement 844.3051
Disability Retirement Considered Service Retirement
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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