{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-824.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 824.008","heading":"DEDUCTIONS FROM AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 821.005, the retirement system may deduct the amount of a person's indebtedness to the retirement system from an amount payable by the retirement system to the person or the person's estate and the distributees of the estate.\n(b) If the retirement system makes a payment to a participant who is deceased and the payment is not payable, the retirement system may deduct the amount of the payment from any amount payable by the retirement system to a person who received the payment or to that person's estate and distributees of the estate.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 455 (S.B. 1667), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE C. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS","CHAPTER 824. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.824.htm#824.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6e7354ab403eacfba2e1a1b6f61a293260923d037d450713356b5caf7396ce01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-824.0071","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-824.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}