Tex. Gov't Code Section 854.004
When Annuity Is Payable; Changes Before First Payment

(a)

A retiree may change the retiree’s choice of retirement annuity payment plans or the designation of beneficiary after the retiree’s effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the board of trustees before the later of the date on which the retirement system makes the first payment or the date the first annuity payment becomes due. After the first payment has been made by the retirement system or has become due, a retiree may not change the annuity payment plan selected and may not change the designated beneficiary except under Section 854.006 (Change of Beneficiary or Division of Benefit for Certain Persons Receiving Monthly Benefits).

(b)

For purposes of this section, the term “makes payment” includes the depositing in the mail of a payment or the crediting of an account with payment through electronic funds transfer.

(c)

An annuity under this subtitle is payable for a period beginning on the last day of the first month following the month in which retirement occurs and ending, except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, on the last day of the month in which death occurs.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.004 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 6, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.

Source: Section 854.004 — When Annuity Is Payable; Changes Before First Payment, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­854.­htm#854.­004 (accessed May 26, 2025).

854.001
Types of Benefits 854.002
Composition of Retirement Annuity 854.003
Effective Date of Retirement 854.004
When Annuity Is Payable 854.005
Reduction of Annuity Payments on Request 854.006
Change of Beneficiary or Division of Benefit for Certain Persons Receiving Monthly Benefits 854.007
Limitation on Payment of Benefits 854.008
Partial Lump-sum Distribution on Retirement 854.101
Application for Service Retirement 854.102
Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity 854.103
Standard Service Retirement Annuity 854.104
Optional Service Retirement Annuity 854.105
Selection of Optional Service Retirement Annuity 854.106
No Surviving Spouse, Executor, or Administrator 854.107
Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity 854.108
Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Joint and Survivor Annuity 854.201
Optional Service Retirement Eligibility 854.202
Additional Optional Service Retirement Eligibility 854.203
Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities 854.205
Five-year Vesting 854.301
Application for Disability Retirement Annuity 854.302
Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity 854.303
Certification of Disability 854.304
Standard Disability Retirement Annuity 854.305
Optional Disability Retirement Annuity 854.306
Medical Examination of Disability Retiree 854.307
Certification of End of Disability 854.308
Return of Disability Retiree to Active Service or Employment 854.309
Refund at Annuity Discontinuance 854.401
Eligibility for Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity 854.402
Certification and Finding of Disability 854.403
Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity 854.404
Conditions for Benefits 854.405
Optional Occupational Disability Benefits Program 854.406
Application for Occupational Disability Benefits 854.407
Eligibility for Benefits and Determination of Disability 854.408
Standard Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity 854.409
Medical Examination of Retirees 854.410
Optional Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity 854.411
Rules for Optional Disability Retirement Annuities 854.501
Return of Contributions 854.502
Refund of Unrecovered Contributions 854.503
Trust as Beneficiary 854.504
Person Causing Death of Member or Annuitant 854.505
Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary 854.601
Coverage in Supplemental Death Benefit Program 854.602
Extended Supplemental Death Benefit Coverage 854.603
Member Supplemental Death Benefit 854.604
Retiree Supplemental Death Benefit 854.605
Beneficiary of Supplemental Death Benefit
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