Sec. 839.203. DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a disability retirement annuity is an amount computed as provided by Section 839.102.
(b) The amount of a disability retirement annuity is not reducible because of the age of the retiring member.
(c) Instead of a disability retirement annuity computed as provided by Section 839.102, a retiring member may elect to receive an optional disability retirement annuity payable as provided by Section 839.103.
(d) A disability retirement annuity is payable for the duration of the retiree's disability. If a retiree who has selected an optional disability retirement annuity dies while receiving the annuity, the annuity is payable throughout the life of the retiree's designated beneficiary or for a guaranteed period after the date of retirement, depending on the option selected.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 74.203 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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