Texas § GV.843.102 - ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT
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§ GV.843.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT
ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT. (a) A member is eligible to receive service credit in the retirement system for prior service if the member became a member as an employee of a subdivision: (1) on the effective date of the subdivision's participation in the retirement system; or (2) before the second anniversary of the effective date of its participation and continues as an employee of the subdivision for at least six months after reemployment. (b) The board of trustees may adopt rules concerning eligibility for prior service credit under Subsection (a). (c) A person who has withdrawn contributions from an account for service for a subdivision and who subsequently resumes employment with the subdivision is not eligible to receive service credit under this section for prior service for the subdivision. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 53.102 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587 ), Sec. 17, eff. January 1, 2008.
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