{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-853.403","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 853.403","heading":"APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE.","body":"(a) An ordinance adopted under Section 853.401 may not take effect unless the board of trustees approves the ordinance as meeting the requirements of this section. The board may not approve an ordinance unless the actuary first determines, and the board concurs in the determination, that all obligations charged against the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund, including obligations proposed in the ordinance, can be funded by the municipality within its maximum total contribution rate and within its amortization period as in effect on the date the updated service credits take effect.\n(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules it finds necessary to ensure that the retirement system receives in a timely manner from a municipality the certified information the actuary requires to make the necessary determinations before the date the updated service credits take effect.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 222, ch. 18, Sec. 78, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.403 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE G. TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 853. CREDITABLE SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER E. OPTIONAL INCREASES IN SERVICE CREDITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.853.htm#853.403","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"dbe5fe11adda40d4f6ba1cdba579e462d571cbbfbd546440969f1110d56a9fa5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-853.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-853.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}