Section 824.406 - Benefits for Survivors of Certain Members(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an eligible surviving spouse who is the designated beneficiary of a person who died before April 8, 1957, and who had at the time of death a total of at least 25 years of service credit and military leave credit in the retirement system, is eligible to receive an applicable survivor benefit available under Section 824.404.(b) A surviving spouse eligible under this section to receive a benefit is one who has not received from the retirement system a benefit based on the member's death, other than a return of the member's accumulated contributions.(c) A surviving spouse who qualifies under this section for a survivor benefit is not eligible to receive a lump-sum benefit under Section 824.404(a).(d) A benefit under this section is payable beginning on the last day of the month in which an eligible person applies for the benefit on a form prescribed by and filed with the retirement system.Tex. Gov't. Code § 824.406
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 34.406 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.