Section
State Retirement Program
34.01 Election to participate
34.02 Employees included
34.03 Addition or discontinuance of participants
34.04 Municipal contributions to current service annuity reserve
34.05 Remittance of funds to Board of Trustees; reports and certificates
34.06 Basis for calculation of deposits and contributions
34.07 Rate of employee deposits
34.08 Eligibility for retirement
34.09 Deferment of income taxes for firefighters
34.10 Additional participation effective November 1979
34.11 Additional rights, credits and benefits
34.12 Credit for active military service
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy
34.25 Definitions
34.26 Findings; intent
34.27 Purpose
34.28 Scope
34.29 Education and training
34.30 Prohibited activities
34.31 Discipline
34.32 Drug and alcohol testing of job applicants
34.33 Drug and alcohol testing of employees
34.34 Appeal of drug or alcohol test result
34.35 Rehabilitation and employee assistance
34.36 Inspections and searches
34.37 Confidentiality of information
STATE RETIREMENT PROGRAM
On behalf of the city, the City Commission hereby exercises its option and elects to have the city and all full-time and part-time employees of all departments participate in the State Municipal Retirement System as provided in Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 851.001 et seq., and all of the benefits and obligations of the System are hereby accepted.
(1998 Code, § 90-221)
Each person who becomes a full-time and/or a part-time employee of any participating department on or after the effective date of participation of the department shall be included within and subject to the provisions of the State Municipal Retirement System beginning upon the date the person becomes an employee, as defined in Tex. Gov’t Code § 851.001(8).
(1998 Code, § 90-222)
The city may in the future refuse to add new departments or new employees to the State Municipal Retirement System, but shall never discontinue as to any participants.
(1998 Code, § 90-223)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Gov’t Code § 852.006(a)
For each month of current service rendered by each of its employees who are members of the State Municipal Retirement System, the city will contribute to the current service annuity reserve of each such member at the time of his or her retirement, a sum that is 200% of the member’s accumulated deposits for such month of employment; and this sum shall be contributed from the city’s account in the Municipality Current Service Accumulation Fund.
(1998 Code, § 90-224)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Tex. Gov’t Code § 855.501(b)
The Director of Finance or other proper official is hereby directed to remit to the Board of Trustees of the State Municipal Retirement System, at its office in Austin, Texas, the city’s proper contributions to the System and the amounts which shall be deducted from the compensation or payroll of employees, all as required by such Board under the provisions of Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 855.402 et seq., and the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain and certify officially, on behalf of the city, the prior service rendered to the city by each of the employees of the participating departments, and the average prior service compensation received by each, and to make and execute all other reports and certificates which may be required by the city under the provisions of Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 845.401 through 845.406 or the rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees of the State Municipal Retirement System.
(1998 Code, § 90-225)
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