Sec. 845.312.  OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE FUND.  (a)  The retirement system shall deposit in the optional group term life fund contributions paid by subdivisions to the retirement system to provide optional group term life benefits in accordance with Section 845.406.  The retirement system may not establish separate accounts in the fund for subdivisions participating in the optional group term life program but shall credit contributions to a single account.
(b)  The retirement system shall pay benefits under the optional group term life program only from money in the optional group term life fund, and the benefits are not an obligation of other funds of the system.
(c)  The effective participation date of a subdivision is the first day of any calendar month after the month in which the subdivision notifies the board of its election to enter the fund.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 216, ch. 18, Sec. 60, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 55.3111 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 54, eff. Dec. 31, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 77, eff. January 1, 2008.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 78, eff. January 1, 2008.