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Tex. Government Code § 824.4041

BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES

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Tex. Government Code § 824.4041, BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/659303
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(a) A person is eligible to receive benefits under this section if the person: (1) is the designated beneficiary of a deceased member; (2) elected before September 1, 1980, to receive for life a monthly benefit of $75 beginning at the age of 65; (3) became ineligible for the benefits because the person remarried before September 1, 1980; and (4) reapplies for benefits under this section. (b) The retirement system shall: (1) verify whether a person is eligible to receive benefits under this section; and (2) if the person is eligible, make payments to the person of a monthly benefit in the amount specified in Section 824.404. (c) The retirement system shall make payment to a person eligible to receive benefits under this section beginning with the month after the month in which the person reapplies for benefits under this section.