| (a) A member with five years of credit for service
in the public schools of Texas may receive additional retirement credit
for active military duty.
(b) Credit for military duty under this section is
limited to a maximum of five years. Eligible military duty will be
evaluated for crediting only in the school year in which it was rendered.
In order to obtain military service credit for that year, a member
must have served an equivalent amount of military duty to the amount
of service required for a member to receive a year of service credit
in that school year. No credit may be given for any school year of
military duty which duplicates any other credit already granted or
in which a year of creditable service is available for service in
the public schools of Texas. If a member establishes military service
credit but TRS determines that credit already has been given for the
military service in another Texas public retirement system, TRS shall
refund the amount paid for the military credit duplicated in TRS,
less fees that are not refundable, and shall cancel the TRS credit
and, if applicable, adjust the calculation of benefits. In accordance
with §25.113(m)(3) of this title (relating to Transfer of Credit
Between TRS and ERS), a person retiring from the Employees Retirement
System of Texas (ERS) under Government Code, Chapter 805, and returning
to work in a TRS-eligible position may not establish more than a total
of five years of military service credit, including any military service
established before retirement under either TRS or ERS.
(c) To obtain each school year of military credit,
the member must make a deposit based upon the full annual compensation
rate for the last school year of membership service preceding the
school year of military duty, if the member was a member while the
duty was being rendered, or upon the full annual compensation rate
for the first school year of membership service occurring after the
duty. Membership service does not include service as a substitute.
The deposit shall be a percentage of the applicable full annual compensation
rate equal to that in effect for deductions from member salaries for
the school year in which the military duty was rendered.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §25.61 adopted to be effective September 11, 1977, 2 TexReg 3279; amended to be effective January 8, 1980, 4 TexReg 4717; amended to be effective January 24, 1992, 17 TexReg 252; amended to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 5119; amended to be effective June 15, 1999, 24 TexReg 4455; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2095; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 1833; amended to be effective December 22, 2014, 39 TexReg 10022 |
