{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-812.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 812.005","heading":"TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP.","body":"(a) A person's membership in the retirement system is terminated by:\n(1) death of the person;\n(2) retirement based on service credited in all classes of membership in which the person has service credit; or\n(3) withdrawal of all of the person's accumulated contributions.\n(b) A person terminates membership in one class of membership by:\n(1) retirement based on service credited in the class; or\n(2) withdrawal of the person's accumulated contributions for service credited in the class.\n(c) A person may terminate membership in one class and retain membership in the other.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 332, ch. 75, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 22.005 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 850, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 347 (S.B. 1176), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE B. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS","CHAPTER 812. MEMBERSHIP","SUBCHAPTER A. MEMBERSHIP"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.812.htm#812.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"65b987d48673c8d045061e2844e1e093be866181d180e4ee4276bc98dc2b2048","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-812.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-812.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}