SECTION 29.15. Termination of Employment

(a) Employment in any position, including as a substitute, by a TRS-covered employer, regardless of compensation, during the first month following a person's effective date of retirement, or during the first two months following a person's effective date of retirement if the retirement was established by using §824.002(d), Government Code, revokes the retirement and requires a return of any benefits received under retirement.

(b) A member who is eligible for normal age retirement and who has a contract or agreement for future employment that does not qualify for one of the exceptions in §824.602, Government Code, has not ended all employment with a TRS covered employer and may not retire and receive any benefits. Contracts or work agreements for employment that do not qualify for one of the exceptions in that section must be negotiated after the break in service required in §824.005, Government Code.

(c) A member who is eligible for early age retirement may not have a contract or promise of future employment with any TRS covered employer until after the required break in service referenced in subsection (a) of this section. A person who enters into such an agreement has not ended all employment with a TRS covered employer and may not retire and receive any benefits.

Source Note: The provisions of this §29.15 adopted to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2103; amended to be effective March 8, 2007, 32 TexReg 1087; amended to be effective April 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 1993; amended to be effective December 23, 2014, 39 TexReg 10026