1. (a) A member may apply for disability retirement by filing a valid application for retirement with the retirement system.
2. (b) An applicant must provide medical and other pertinent information for evaluation by the medical board and submit to medical examination as required by the medical board.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 54.301 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 34, eff. Dec. 31, 1999;

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 30, eff. Dec. 31, 2001.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873 (H.B. 1587), Sec. 41, eff. January 1, 2008.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 407), Sec. 20, eff. January 1, 2010.