{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.1022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 844.1022","heading":"SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT.","body":"(a) Subject to the consent of the board of trustees and effective for the period and on terms that the board approves, a subdivision may adopt a special service retirement eligibility provision that relates to a singular, identifiable event or action particular to the subdivision and that applies only to its members who satisfy the specific terms of the special eligibility provision.\n(b) A special service retirement eligibility provision must bear a rational relationship to the operation, management, and function of the subdivision.\n(c) A special service retirement eligibility provision may not be adopted or implemented under this section in a manner that has the effect of establishing a separate, ongoing retirement program for a branch, department, division, employee occupational group, or other separately identifiable component of the subdivision.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 38, eff. January 1, 2008.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE F. TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 844. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER B. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.844.htm#844.1022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6cf46d816c4c60ac9c167a43436a4dd255feb28e9c7decb583a299bf7e27df36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.1021","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}