{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-814.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 814.002","heading":"BENEFITS FROM BOTH MEMBERSHIP CLASSES.","body":"(a) If a member has service credit in both classes of membership, is eligible to retire from one class, and does not hold a position included in the other class, the member may retire from both classes and receive benefits based on all service credited in the retirement system.\n(b) If a member is retiring and uses service credited in a class of membership to meet a length-of-service requirement for retirement, the member must retire from that class.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE B. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS","CHAPTER 814. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.814.htm#814.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"5dcc40b40cf74b0d916aedcfbed4795a639409bc836125a164fdaecdea8c49d5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-814.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-814.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}