Texas § GV.844.402 - RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS
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§ GV.844.402. RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS
RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) After the death of a member or former member and after the final payment has been made under any service, disability, or survivor annuity, a lump-sum death benefit is payable in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the person's individual account in the employees saving fund on which the annuity was computed exceeds the amount of annuity payments made. (b) The benefit provided by this section is payable to the person entitled to receive the final monthly payment of the annuity. If that person is deceased, the benefit provided by this section is payable to the person's beneficiary or, if no surviving beneficiary exists, to the person's spouse or, if no surviving spouse exists, to the person's estate. (c) The benefit provided by this section is payable from the subdivision accumulation fund. (d) For plans terminated under Subchapter A-1 , Chapter 842 , the benefit provided by this section is payable from the closed subdivision annuity reserve fund. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.402 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 38, eff. Dec. 31, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (S.B. 463 ), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.
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Section GV.844.402 ("RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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