{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.504","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 844.504","heading":"RETIREE OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE BENEFIT.","body":"If a retiree dies who was receiving a retirement annuity based on service for a subdivision that has elected to provide, and continues to provide, postretirement optional group term life coverage, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the optional group term life fund in the amount of $5,000.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 212, ch. 18, Sec. 53, eff. Nov. 10, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.504 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 43, eff. Dec. 31, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 24, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 59, eff. January 1, 2008.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE F. TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 844. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER F. OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.844.htm#844.504","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"77b8b31137b955a2a6096ba282d0bc66486504c0fb1e30767f310e83da6640d3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.503","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-844.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}