1. (a) Credit for 4-1/2 months or more of service performed in a fiscal year under the Teacher Retirement Act prior to September 1, 1958, was transferred to the system as one year of service credit. No credit was established for less than 4-1/2 months service in a fiscal year ending prior to September 1, 1958.
2. (b) Service of nine or more months in a fiscal year beginning after August 31, 1958, was established as 12 months' credit. All other service performed under TRS after August 31, 1958, was transferred to the system on a month-for-month basis.
3. (c) Credit for military service transferred from TRS is established in the system only if that military service was eligible for credit under provisions of Tex. Gov't Code Title 8.
4. (d) Credit for service transferred from TRS to the system pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code Title 8, shall be established in the system on a month-for-month basis notwithstanding any other provision of this section.
5. (e) Credit for service transferred from TRS to the system after August 1, 1993, shall be according to the rules adopted by TRS for determining creditable service.
6. (f) A cash balance group member, a beneficiary of a deceased cash balance group member, or a personal representative of a cash balance group member may not transfer service credit from TRS.

Source Note:The provisions of this §71.5 adopted to be effective September 21, 1981, 6 TexReg 3427; amended to be effective December 24, 1987, 12 TexReg 4533; amended to be effective April 20, 1994, 19 TexReg 2550; amended to be effective September 14, 2022, 47 TexReg 5497.