Sec. 814.002. BENEFITS FROM BOTH MEMBERSHIP CLASSES. (a) If a member has service credit in both classes of membership, is eligible to retire from one class, and does not hold a position included in the other class, the member may retire from both classes and receive benefits based on all service credited in the retirement system.

(b) If a member is retiring and uses service credited in a class of membership to meet a length-of-service requirement for retirement, the member must retire from that class.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 24.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.