Sec. 824.504. BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN RETIREES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a surviving spouse who is the designated beneficiary of a retiree who did not perform a year of service after November 23, 1956, that was credited in the retirement system and who died before August 23, 1963, while receiving a retirement benefit, is eligible to receive an applicable survivor benefit available under Section 824.404.
(b) A surviving spouse who qualifies under this section for a survivor benefit is not eligible to receive a lump-sum benefit under Section 824.404(a).
(c) A benefit under this section is payable beginning on the last day of the month in which an eligible person applies for the benefit on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 34.504 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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