{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-804.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 804.051","heading":"AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SPOUSAL CONSENT.","body":"A public retirement system may adopt rules to require spousal consent for the selection of a service retirement annuity other than a joint and survivor annuity that pays benefits to the member's spouse on the death of the member or for the selection of a death benefits plan that pays benefits in the form of an annuity to a person other than the member's spouse on the death of the member.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 11.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 804. DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS AND SPOUSAL CONSENT","SUBCHAPTER B. SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.804.htm#804.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"b49f2b500627b96f3666d7686a4a06a921d7df188038acd80117dd8ec6daf97d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-804.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-804.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}