Sec. 854.601.  COVERAGE IN SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PROGRAM.  (a)  An employee of a participating municipality is included within the coverage of the supplemental death benefit program on the first day of the first month in which:
(1)  the employing municipality is participating in the supplemental death benefits fund for coverage of all members it employs;
(2)  the employee is a member of the retirement system;  and
(3)  the employee is required to make a contribution to the retirement system.
(b)  Once established, coverage of a person in the supplemental death benefit program continues until the last day of a month in which a requirement of Subsection (a) is not met.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.601 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.