Sec. 823.003. BENEFITS BASED ON SERVICE CREDIT. Except as otherwise provided under the optional retirement program, years of service on which the amount of a benefit is based consist of the number of years of service credit to which a member is entitled.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 33.003 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.