Government Code § 844.1022

Sec. 844.1022. SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. (a) Subject to the consent of the board of trustees and effective for the period and on terms that the board approves, a subdivision may adopt a special service retirement eligibility provision that relates to a singular, identifiable event or action particular to the subdivision and that applies only to its members who satisfy the specific terms of the special eligibility provision. (b) A special service retirement eligibility provision must bear a rational relationship to the operation, management, and function of the subdivision. (c) A special service retirement eligibility provision may not be adopted or implemented under this section in a manner that has the effect of establishing a separate, ongoing retirement program for a branch, department, division, employee occupational group, or other separately identifiable component of the subdivision. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 38, eff. January 1, 2008. SUBCHAPTER C. OPTIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS