1. (a) In this section:

   1. (1) The term "credited service" means membership service for determining retirement eligibility only. Member contributions and monetary credits are not required or permitted with respect to credited service for qualified military service.
   2. (2) The term "eligible member" means a member of an Employer who has established credited service in TCDRS for at least the minimum period required to receive a service retirement annuity from the Employer at age 60, who has performed active duty qualified military service, and who has been released from military duty under honorable conditions.
   3. (3) The term "qualified military service" means active duty service in the uniformed services as defined in 38 U.S.C. Section 4303(13). It excludes that service which was performed in a month for which the member has received credited service in TCDRS under any other provision of the TCDRS Act or the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act of 1994, and that service, credited by another retirement system, that is recognized by TCDRS under the proportionate retirement program. A member may not be credited with more than one month of service for any calendar month.
2. (b) Subject to the limitations in Subsection (a), an eligible member may receive one month of credited service in TCDRS for each month of qualified military service performed while on active duty. An eligible member may not establish more than 60 months of credited service in TCDRS for qualified military service under this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §105.3 adopted to be effective April 9, 2000, 25 TexReg 3057; amended to be effective January 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 7887; amended to be effective October 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 7266; amended to be effective April 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 2959; amended to be effective November 26, 2013, 38 TexReg 8448; amended to be effective January 8, 2026, 51 TexReg 158.