Section 820.103 - Gain Sharing Interest Adjustment(a) Each fiscal year and subject to Subsection (b), the retirement system shall compute the gain sharing interest rate by: (1) determining the average return on the investment of the system's cash and securities during the preceding five fiscal years, expressed as a percentage rate; (2) subtracting four percentage points from the percentage rate determined under Subdivision (1); and (3) multiplying the resulting difference under Subdivision (2) by 50 percent. (b) Subject to Subsection (c), each fiscal year, the retirement system shall: (1) in addition to the amount deposited under Section 820.102, deposit into each member's individual account in the employees saving account an amount equal to the gain sharing interest rate determined under Subsection (a) for the fiscal year multiplied by the member's accumulated account balance as of the end of the preceding fiscal year; and (2) recalculate the annuity payment of a retiree or annuitant under this chapter by: (A) multiplying the annuity payment amount as of the end of the preceding fiscal year by the gain sharing interest rate determined under Subsection (a); or (B) if the retiree or annuitant was not entitled to an annuity payment as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, multiplying the retiree's or annuitant's first annuity payment amount by the gain sharing interest rate determined under Subsection (a). (c) The gain sharing interest rate applied under Subsection (b) may not be less than zero or more than three percent.(d) Subsection (b) applies only to a retiree or annuitant who is receiving a cash balance annuity under Section 820.053 or 820.0535, including an alternate payee under Section 804.005. Tex. Gov't. Code § 820.103
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 78,Sec. 9, eff. 5/19/2023.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 940,Sec. 21, eff. 9/1/2021.