Texas § GV.824.1011 - DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT
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§ GV.824.1011. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT
DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT. (a) A retiree who is receiving a standard service or disability retirement annuity under Section 824.203 or 824.304 (b) and who marries after the date of the person's retirement may replace the annuity by selecting an optional retirement annuity under Section 824.204 (c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) or under Section 824.308 (c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5), as applicable, and designating the person's spouse as beneficiary before the second anniversary of the marriage in the same manner as an annuity selection and designation of beneficiary may be made before retirement. (b) The selection of an optional annuity and designation of a beneficiary under this section do not take effect until the first payment of the annuity that becomes due two years after the date the selection and designation are filed with the retirement system. (c) The retirement system shall recompute the annuity of a retiree who selects an optional annuity and designates a beneficiary under this section to reflect that change and shall adjust the annuity as appropriate for early retirement and postretirement increases provided after the date of the retiree's retirement. The retirement system shall by rule provide for the adjustment of the monthly payments of the annuity under the option selected to an amount which is the actuarial equivalent of the annuity being paid immediately before the change in benefit option and beneficiary selection. (d) If a retiree who selects an optional annuity and designates a beneficiary under this section dies before the change takes effect or if the designated beneficiary dies before the change takes effect, the selection of an optional annuity and designation of beneficiary have no effect. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 555, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1416, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1540, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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