Texas § GV.824.004 - WAIVER OF BENEFITS
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§ GV.824.004. WAIVER OF BENEFITS
WAIVER OF BENEFITS. (a) A person may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system, waive all or a portion of any benefits from the retirement system to which the person is entitled. A person may revoke a waiver of benefits in the same manner as the original waiver was made. (b) A revocable waiver may be revoked only as to benefits payable after the date the revocation is filed. If a waiver is made irrevocable and is filed with the retirement system before the first benefit payment is made to the person executing the waiver, Section 824.103 applies to determine alternative beneficiaries. (c) The retirement system shall transfer to the state contribution account from the appropriate benefit reserve accounts amounts not used to pay benefits because of a waiver executed under this section. (d) The board of trustees may provide rules for administration of waivers under this section. (e) The retirement system may not require a person filing a waiver of benefits under this section to submit a sworn affidavit in order to receive the accumulated contributions. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 34.004 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1118, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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