Sec. 864.001.  ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.  (a)  The state board by rule shall determine the period of qualified service and, if appropriate, the age required for a member to receive a service retirement annuity with full benefits after the member terminates service with a participating department.  The state board by rule may provide for partial vesting of benefits after a particular period.
(b)  The state board may change the benefit formula for any person who is not a retiree of the pension system.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 803 (S.B. 522), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1165 (H.B. 3247), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.