Section 854.402 - Certification and Finding of Disability(a) The medical board shall issue and send to the board of trustees a certification of disability for a member included in the coverage of the supplemental disability benefits fund if, after a medical examination of the member, the medical board finds that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated and is unable to engage in gainful occupation.(b) A member is entitled to a supplemental disability retirement annuity if the board of trustees, after receiving a certification of disability for the member under this section, finds that the member's incapacity: (1) is the direct result of injuries sustained after the effective date of coverage of the member in the supplemental disability benefits fund and before January 1, 1988, as a direct and proximate result of the performance of the duties of the member's employment; and(2) is likely to be permanent.Tex. Gov't. Code § 854.402
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 12, eff. 8/31/1987. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.402 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.