The retirement system must credit and charge the subdivision account for specified fund items and must pay annuities and other benefit payments from the fund, subject to one limit. The board of trustees may reduce certain annuity payments if needed to keep annual payments within the amount available in the subdivision’s account.
Sec. 845.307. SUBDIVISION ACCUMULATION FUND. (a) The retirement system shall credit or charge to the account of a participating subdivision in the subdivision accumulation fund: (1) all benefit contributions made by the subdivision to the system pursuant to Section 845.404(a)(2); (2) net investment income or loss allocated to the fund under Section 845.315; (3) amounts deposited by the subdivision under Section 845.408; (4) the withdrawal charge for reinstatement of service credit as provided by Section 843.003; and (5) other credits and charges that may be authorized under this subtitle. (b) Subject to Subsection (c), the retirement system shall pay from the subdivision accumulation fund all payments for annuities and other benefit payments granted by a participating subdivision. (c) The board of trustees may proportionately reduce all payments under prior service annuities and supplemental annuities at any time and for a period necessary to prevent payments under those annuities for a year from exceeding the amount available in the participating subdivision's account. (d) If credited service previously forfeited is reinstated in accordance with Section 843.003, the retirement system shall charge the subdivision's account in the subdivision accumulation fund with the necessary reserves to fund the credits restored to the member. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 216, ch. 18, Sec. 59, eff. Nov. 10, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 25, eff. June 12, 1985. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 55.307 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 23, eff. Dec. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 52, eff. Dec. 31, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 47, eff. Dec. 31, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 506 (H.B. 633), Sec. 26, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (S.B. 463), Sec. 6, eff. June 1, 2015.