The city council hereby exercises its option and elects to have
the city and all employees of all departments, except the fire department,
participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as provided in
article 6243h, Revised Civil Statutes, and all of the benefits and
obligations of such system are hereby accepted.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 1, adopted 7/27/1950; 1959 Code, sec. 2-4; 1983 Code, sec. 2-10)
Each person who becomes an employee of any participating department
on or after the effective date of participation of such department
shall be included within and subject to the provisions of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System, beginning upon the date such person becomes
an “employee,” as defined in article 6243(h), section
II(14), Revised Civil Statutes, of such system, provided he is then
under the age of fifty-five (55) years.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 3, adopted 7/27/1950; 1959 Code, sec. 2-5; 1983 Code, sec. 2-11)
The city may, in the future, refuse to add new departments or
new employees to the Texas Municipal Retirement System, but it shall
never discontinue the system as to any participants.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 4, adopted 7/27/1950; 1959 Code, sec. 2-6; 1983 Code, sec. 2-12)