{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.505","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 854.505","heading":"SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF MEMBER AND BENEFICIARY.","body":"When a member or retiree and the spouse or beneficiary of the member or retiree have died within a period of less than 120 hours of each other, the member or retiree is considered to have survived the spouse or beneficiary for the purpose of determining the rights to amounts payable under this subtitle on the death of the member or retiree.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 514, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE G. TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 854. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER F. DEATH BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.854.htm#854.505","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"f587efdca57d99e303447b4ca9f64c6a89a4709c688e24642102178a3db35c88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.504","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}