Section 25.64 - Crediting Fee(a) A crediting fee of 8 percent compounded annually shall be charged for the purchase of credit from the end of the year in which the member was first eligible to purchase the credit until payment for the credit is received. The date of first eligibility to purchase credit shall be the latest of the following: (1) the date the member obtains 5 years' credit for service in the public schools of Texas;(2) the date the Teacher Retirement Law made the military service available for credit;(3) the date the member completed military service to qualify for each year of credit.(b) Service credit purchased under § 25.61 of this title (relating to Service Credit for Eligible Military Duty) shall be purchased in the order in which the service was rendered, with the earliest years of military service being purchased first.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.64
The provisions of this §25.64 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective September 11, 1977, 2 TexReg 3279; amended to be effective October 1, 1982, 7 TexReg 3366; amended to be effective June 15, 1999, 24 TexReg 4455; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 51, December 19, 2014, TexReg 10022, eff. 12/22/2014