Pursuant to V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq.,
the city adopts the following plan provisions affecting participation
of its employees in the Texas Municipal Retirement System:
(1) Each
person who becomes an employee of any participating department of
this city and who is not already a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System shall become a member of the system as a condition of employment;
(2) Any
member, after one year from the effective date of membership, shall
be eligible for service retirement who has attained the age of 50
years and has completed 25 years of creditable service with this city
or who has attained the age of 60 years and has completed at least
ten years of creditable service with participating municipalities
which have adopted the plan provisions of this section, or who has
become eligible for service retirement under any other applicable
provision of V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq.;
(3) The
membership of any member who has completed at least ten years of creditable
service with this city and other participating municipalities which
have adopted the plan provisions of V.T.C.A., Government Code sec.
851.001 et seq., shall not terminate because of absence from service;
and
(4) Any
person who is an employee of a participating department of this city
at the effective date of the ordinance from which this section was
derived, but who at the date of his employment was under 60 years
of age but did not become a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System because he was then above the maximum age then prescribed by
law for initial membership in the system, shall become a member of
the system at the effective date of the ordinance from which this
section was derived, unless he has already become a member under other
provisions of the Texas Municipal Retirement Act, and shall be allowed
prior service credit for each month of creditable service performed
for this city subsequent to the date such person was precluded from
membership and prior to the effective date of his membership. Such
prior service credit shall be calculated using the same percentage
of the base prior service credit as was most recently used in calculating
prior service credits or updated service credits in the system for
current member employees of this city.
(Ordinance adopted 12/17/79, sec.
1)
(a) On the
terms and conditions set out in V.T.C.A., Government Code secs. 853.401-853.403,
each member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System who has current
service credit or prior service credit in the system in force and
effect on the first day of January, 1977 by reason of service in the
employment of this city shall be and is hereby allowed updated service
credit (as that term is defined in V.T.C.A., Government Code sec.
851.001 et seq.) in an amount that is 100 percent of the base updated
service credit of the member, calculated as provided in the act. The
updated service credit hereby allowed shall be in lieu of and in substitution
for all prior service credits, special prior service credits, and
antecedent service credits, if any, heretofore allowed such member
by reason of service with this city.
(b) In accordance
with the provisions of the act, the deposits required to be made to
the Texas Municipal Retirement System by employees of the several
participating departments on account of current service shall be calculated
from and after the date aforesaid on the full amount of such person’s
earnings as an employee of the city.
(c) Subject
to approval of the board of trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System, the updated service credits hereby granted shall be and become
effective the first day of January, 1977.
(Ordinance adopted 8/16/76, sec.
1)
(a) Pursuant
to V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq., and subject to
approval by the board of trustees of Texas Municipal Retirement System
as provided in the act, the city hereby elects to allow and to provide
for payment of the increases below specified in all monthly benefits
payable by the Texas Municipal Retirement System after the first day
of January, 1977 to retired employees and to beneficiaries of deceased
employees of this city under current service annuities and prior service
annuities arising from service of such employees to this city, and
in effect prior to the date mentioned in this subsection.
(b) Each
such monthly benefit for the month of January, 1977, and each month
thereafter, shall be increased by 30 percent above the amount of the
regular benefit (as distinguished from any supplemental or distributive
benefit) in effect for the month of December, 1976.
(Ordinance adopted 8/16/76, sec.
2)
(a) Effective
January, 1, 1981, on the terms and conditions set out in V.T.C.A.,
Government Code secs. 853.401-853.403, each member of the Texas Municipal
Retirement System who on the first day of January, 1981 has creditable
service in the system arising out of employment with the city prior
to the first day of the year preceding the date mentioned herein shall
be and is hereby granted an updated service credit as that term is
defined in V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq., that is
90 percent of the base updated service credit of the member, calculated
as provided in V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq.
(b) The
updated service credits granted in this section shall be effective
from and after January 1, 1981, and shall be in lieu of and in substitution
for all prior service credits and/or updated service credits previously
allowed such member.
(Ordinance adopted 11/17/80, sec.
1)
(a) Pursuant
to V.T.C.A., Government Code sec. 851.001 et seq., the city hereby
elects to allow and to provide for payment of the increases below
specified in all monthly benefits payable by the Texas Municipal Retirement
System after the first day of January, 1981 to retired employees and
to beneficiaries of deceased employees of this city under current
service annuities and prior service annuities arising from service
of such employees to this city, and in effect prior to the date mentioned
in this subsection.
(b) Each
such monthly benefit for the month of January, 1981, and each month
thereafter shall be increased by ten percent above the amount of the
regular benefit (as distinguished from any supplemental or distributive
benefit) in effect for the month of December, 1980.
(Ordinance adopted 11/17/80, sec.
2)
(a) On the terms and conditions set out in sections 853.401 through 853.404 of Subtitle G of Title 8, Government Code, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “TMRS Act”), each member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System (hereinafter referred to as the “system”) who has current service credit or prior service credit in the system in force and effect on January 1 of the calendar year preceding such allowance, by reason of service in the employment of the city, and on such date had at least 36 months of credited service with the system, shall be and is hereby allowed “updated service credit” (as that term is defined in subsection
(d) of Section 853.402 of the TMRS Act).
(b) On the
terms and conditions set out in section 853.601 of the TMRS Act, any
member of the system who is eligible for updated service credits on
the basis of service with this city, who has unforfeited credit for
prior service and/or current service with another participating municipality
or municipalities by reason of previous service, and was a contributing
member on January 1 of the calendar year preceding such allowance,
shall be credited with updated service credits pursuant to, calculated
in accordance with, and subject to adjustment as set forth in said
section 853.601, both as to the initial grant hereunder and all future
grants under Ordinance No. 675.
(c) The updated service credit hereby allowed and provided for shall be 100 percent of the “base updated service credit” of the member (calculated as provided in subsection
(c) of section 853.402 of the TMRS Act).
(d) Each
updated service credit allowed hereunder shall replace any updated
service credit, prior service credit, special prior service credit,
or antecedent service credit previously authorized for part of the
same service.
(e) In accordance with the provisions of subsection
(d) of section 853.401 of the TMRS Act, the deposits required to be made to the system by employees of the several participating departments on account of current service shall be calculated from and after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derived on the full amount of such person’s compensation as an employee of the city.
(f) The initial allowance of updated service credit and increase in retirement annuities hereunder shall be effective on January 1, 2004, subject to approval by the board of trustees of the system. An allowance of updated service credits and an increase in retirement annuities shall be made hereunder on January 1 of each subsequent year until the ordinance from which this section derived ceases to be in effect under subsection
(e) of Section 853.404 of the TMRS Act, provided that, as to such subsequent year, the actuary for the system has made the determination set forth in subsection
(d) of Section 853.404 of the TMRS Act.
Editor’s note–Provisions of Ordinance
534, secs. 1, 2, adopted Nov. 20, 1989, providing for authorization
of updated service credits and increase in retirement annuities, did
not specify manner of codification, but have been codified by the
editor as superseding former secs. 11-21 and 11-22.
(Ordinance adopted 11/15/82, sec.
1; Ordinance 534, sec. 1, adopted 11/20/89; Ordinance 675, secs. 1, 3, adopted 9/23/03)
(a) On terms
and conditions set out in section 854.203 of the TMRS Act, the city
hereby elects to allow and to provide for payment of the increases
below stated in monthly benefits payable by the system to retired
employees and to beneficiaries of deceased employees of the city under
current service annuities and prior service annuities arising from
service by such employees to the city. An annuity increased under
this section replaces any annuity or increased annuity previously
granted to the same person.
(b) The
amount of the annuity increase under this section is computed as the
sum of the prior service and current service annuities on the effective
date of retirement of the person on whose service the annuities are
based, multiplied by 70 percent of the percentage change in Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, from December of the year immediately
preceding the effective date of the person’s retirement to the
December that is 13 months before the effective date of this section.
(c) An increase
in an annuity that was reduced because of an option selection is reducible
in the same proportion and in the same manner that the original annuity
was reduced.
(d) If a
computation hereunder does not result in an increase in the amount
of an annuity, the amount of the annuity will not be changed hereunder.
(e) The
amount by which an increase under this section exceeds all previously
granted increases to an annuitant is an obligation of the city and
of its account in the municipality accumulation fund of the system.
Note-See the editor’s note to sec. 11-21.
(Ordinance adopted 11/15/82, sec.
2; Ordinance 534, sec. 2, adopted 11/20/89; Ordinance 675, sec. 2, adopted 9/23/03)
Pursuant to the provisions of section 854.202(g) of Subtitle
G of Title 8, Texas Government Code, as amended, which subtitle shall
herein be referred to as the “TMRS Act,” the city adopts
the following provisions affecting participation of its employees
in the Texas Municipal Retirement System (which retirement system
shall herein be referred to as the “system”):
(1) Any
employee of this city who is a member of the system is eligible to
retire and receive a service retirement annuity if the member has
at least 20 years of credited service in the system performed for
one or more municipalities that have adopted a like provision under
section 854.202(g) of the TMRS Act.
(2) Prior
to adoption of the ordinance from which this section derived, the
governing body of the city has:
a. Prepared
an actuarial analysis of member retirement annuities at 20 years of
service; and
b. Held
a public hearing pursuant to the notice provisions of V.T.C.A., Government
Code sec. 551.001 et seq.
(3) The
rights hereinabove authorized shall be in addition to the plan provisions
heretofore adopted and in force at the effective date of the ordinance
from which this section derived (January 1, 2004) pursuant to the
TMRS Act.
Editor’s note–Nonamendatory Ordinance
535, sec. 1, adopted Nov. 20, 1989, pertaining to additional rights,
credits and benefits, has been codified as sec. 11-23 by the editor.
(Ordinance 535, sec. 1, adopted 11/20/89; Ordinance 674, sec. 1, adopted 9/23/03)
(a) On the
terms and conditions set out in sections 853.305 of Subtitle G of
Title 8, Texas Government Code, as amended (hereinafter referred to
as the “TMRS Act”), each member of the Texas Municipal
Retirement System (hereinafter referred to as the “system”)
who is now or who hereafter becomes an employee of this city shall
receive restricted prior service credit for service previously performed
as an employee of any of the entities described in said section 853.305
provided that:
(1) The
person does not otherwise have credited service in the system for
that service; and
(2) The
service meets the requirements of said section 853.305.
(b) The
service credit hereby granted may be used only to satisfy length-of-service
requirements for retirement eligibility, has no monetary value in
computing the annuity payments allowable to the member, and may not
be used in other computations, including computation of updated service
credits.
(c) A member
seeking to establish restricted prior service credit under this article
take the action required under said section 853.305 while still an
employee of this city.
(Ordinance 602 adopted 1/12/96)