Tex. Gov't Code Section 854.302
Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity

(a)

A member who has less than 10 years of credited service in the retirement system is eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 854.303 (Certification of Disability)(b)(1).

(b)

A member who has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system is eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is the subject of a certification issued as provided by Section 854.303 (Certification of Disability)(b)(2). A member eligible to retire and receive a disability retirement annuity under this subsection may elect to retire and receive instead a service retirement benefit but may not receive both types of benefits.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Renumbered from Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.302 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 466, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Source: Section 854.302 — Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­854.­htm#854.­302 (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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