Tex. Gov't Code Section 853.505
Use of Military Service Credit


(a)

The retirement system shall use military service credit established under this subchapter in determining length-of-service requirements for benefits.

(b)

Except as provided by Section 853.506 (Current Service for Reemployed Veterans), military service credit allowed under Section 853.501 (Military Service by Member) shall have no monetary value in calculating the annuity payments allowable to the member and shall not be used in other computations, including computation of updated service credits or prior service credits.

(c)

When a person who has military service credit under Section 853.502 (Other Military Service Credit) retires and has paid for military service credit under former law, the retirement system shall compute an amount equal to the sum of any accumulated amount paid by the person for the military service credit under former law, plus an equal amount multiplied by the municipality’s current service matching percent in effect on the date the member applied for the military service credit. The retirement system shall use the sum derived from that computation to make annuity payments to the person that are computed in the same manner as is the person’s current service annuity, but the military service credit and the sum may not be used in other computations, including computations of updated service credits or prior service credits.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 79, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.503 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 853.503 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.01(d), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 10, eff. June 17, 2011.

Source: Section 853.505 — Use of Military Service Credit, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­853.­htm#853.­505 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 853.505’s source at texas​.gov