(a) Date of birth may be established by any one of
the following:
(1) an original birth certificate or a legible unaltered
copy thereof;
(2) a delayed birth certificate in accordance with
Chapter 192, Subchapter B, Health and Safety Code, or a legible unaltered
copy provided by the Bureau of Vital Statistics;
(3) a delayed birth certificate issued by the state
in which birth occurred or a legible unaltered copy provided by the
registration agency;
(4) an original baptismal record or parish record wherein
the age of the individual at the time of baptism is given, or a legible
unaltered copy of such record;
(5) a family Bible record when properly abstracted
or copied and accompanied by the prescribed affidavit forms issued
by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS);
(6) a report from the Bureau of Census stating the
age of the individual at a census year when the individual was less
than 20 years of age;
(7) a signed letter from the Social Security Administration
indicating a date of birth which has been accepted by Social Security
Administration;
(8) naturalization or citizenship papers showing the
individual's date of birth;
(9) for a member, an original birth certificate or
a legible unaltered copy thereof when there is no given name listed
for the infant as long as it is consistent with other birth information
in the TRS file;
(10) an alien registration card;
(11) a hospital birth record signed by the administrator
or custodian of records of the hospital;
(12) a U.S. passport;
(13) a state issued driver license or state issued
ID card;
(14) a U.S. or state issued military ID; or
(15) any other evidence of age as may be approved by
TRS.
(b) If there is any question concerning a copy of the
documents listed in this section, a certified copy of the document
may be required.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §39.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective July 6, 1981, 6 TexReg 2222; amended to be effective January 24, 1992, 17 TexReg 255; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2111; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2000; amended to be effective December 23, 2014, 39 TexReg 10028 |