Section 824.4041 - Benefits for Certain Surviving Spouses(a) A person is eligible to receive benefits under this section if the person: (1) is the designated beneficiary of a deceased member;(2) elected before September 1, 1980, to receive for life a monthly benefit of $75 beginning at the age of 65;(3) became ineligible for the benefits because the person remarried before September 1, 1980; and(4) reapplies for benefits under this section.(b) The retirement system shall: (1) verify whether a person is eligible to receive benefits under this section; and(2) if the person is eligible, make payments to the person of a monthly benefit in the amount specified in Section 824.404.(c) The retirement system shall make payment to a person eligible to receive benefits under this section beginning with the month after the month in which the person reapplies for benefits under this section.Tex. Gov't. Code § 824.4041
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 792, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.