Sec. 853.002.  BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY BASED ON CREDITED SERVICE.  A member's eligibility to receive a benefit is based on credited service at the time of retirement.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 63.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.