Sec. 839.201. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) A member, other than a member who is eligible to receive a service retirement annuity under Section 839.101, is eligible, regardless of age, to retire from regular active service for disability and receive a disability retirement annuity if the member has at least seven years of service credit in the retirement system.
(b) A member otherwise eligible may not receive a disability retirement annuity if the member is an active judge, as defined by Section 74.041.
(c) A disability retirement annuity may be denied on the ground that a claimed physical incapacity is caused by or results from an intemperate use of alcohol or narcotic drugs.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 74.201 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2019.
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