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 Employees Retirement System (ERS) 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 ERS on a month-for-month basis.
3. (c) Credit for military service transferred from the TRS is established in the ERS only if that military service was eligible for credit under provisions of the Government Code, Title 8.
4. (d) Credit for service transferred from the TRS to the ERS pursuant to the Government Code, Title 8, shall be established in the ERS on a month-for-month basis notwithstanding any other provision of this section.
5. (e) Credit for service transferred from the TRS to the ERS after August 1, 1993, shall be according to the rules adopted by the TRS for determining creditable service.

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.