Tex. Gov't Code Section 854.107
Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity

(a)

This section applies only to a retiree who marries after the date of the person’s retirement and who at the time of retirement selected either:

(1)

a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree’s life and would not be paid after the retiree’s death, except as provided by Section 854.502 (Refund of Unrecovered Contributions); or

(2)

a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree’s life and, if the retiree dies before 60, 120, or 180 monthly annuity payments, as appropriate, have been made, would be payable for the remainder of those months.

(b)

A retiree described under Subsection (a) may replace the annuity by selecting an optional retirement annuity under Section 854.104 (Optional Service Retirement Annuity)(c)(1), (2), or (5) and by designating the person’s spouse as beneficiary in the same manner as an annuity selection and designation of beneficiary may be made before retirement.

(c)

The selection under Subsection (b) must be filed with the retirement system before the first anniversary of the date of the marriage unless the postretirement marriage occurred before January 1, 2002, in which case the selection must be filed with the retirement system before January 1, 2003.

(d)

A person may make a postretirement designation of a beneficiary under this section only once.

(e)

The retirement system shall adjust the monthly payments of the annuity under the option selected to an actuarial equivalent amount of the annuity being paid immediately before the change in benefit option and beneficiary selection.

(f)

The selection of an optional annuity and designation of a beneficiary under this section is not effective if the retiree or beneficiary dies before the date the change is to take effect.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 121, Sec. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.

Source: Section 854.107 — Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­854.­htm#854.­107 (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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May 26, 2025

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