| (a) Credit is limited to one year of out-of-state service
for each year in Texas.
(b) No out-of-state service can be used to compute
any benefit for any person with less than 5 years service in Texas.
(c) Not more than 15 years out-of-state service can
be purchased in accordance with Government Code, §823.401, provided
that if any of the years of out-of-state service is considered nonqualified
service, no more than five years of nonqualified service credit can
be purchased. For purposes of this section, nonqualified service means
the member's out-of-state service is currently maintained in another
public retirement system from which the member has a right to receive
a distribution, including a refund of contributions.
(d) Any purchase is subject to applicable plan qualification
requirements, including applicable plan limitations on member contributions.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §25.85 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective June 15, 1999, 24 TexReg 4457; amended to be effective January 9, 2002, 27 TexReg 271; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2097; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 1834; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 9726 |
