{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.604","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 854.604","heading":"RETIREE SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.","body":"If a retiree dies whose most recent employment as a member of the retirement system was with a municipality that has elected to provide, and continues to provide, postretirement supplemental death benefits, a lump-sum supplemental death benefit is payable from the fund in the amount of $7,500.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 229, ch. 18, Sec. 95, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.604 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 599, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","SUBTITLE G. TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 854. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER G. OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.854.htm#854.604","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"f3818facdf09f1c3ca3cddea9046005f97429d60b6328ceabc2080ce03e09f8f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.603","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-854.605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}