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)