34 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.135 - Service Credit Missing from Annual Statement
(a) If membership service has not been
credited by TRS on a member's annual statement, the member must notify TRS in
writing of the service that the member requests to be credited. If an error on
the annual statement regards either service rendered or compensation paid in
the immediately preceding school year and the error may be corrected as
provided in §
25.28(g) of this
title (relating to Payroll Report Dates), the member must notify TRS in writing
of the error by May 31 of the school year following the school year in which
the error occurred.
(b) Except as
provided in subsection (a) of this section, for service rendered after August
31, 2011, in order for service missing from an annual statement to be
creditable, TRS must receive the written notification on or before the last day
of the fifth school year after the end of the school year in which the service
was rendered.
(c) For service
rendered on or before August 31, 2011, in order for service missing from an
annual statement to be creditable, TRS must receive the written notification on
or before the last day of the fifth school year after the end of the school
year in which the service was rendered or August 31, 2016, whichever is
later.
(d) The notification
deadline is applicable to any membership service that has not been properly
credited on a member's annual statement, including service not reported by an
employer or service reported but for which TRS did not grant credit to the
member.
(e) Failure to receive an
annual statement in one or more years, including years in which the person is
not a member of TRS, does not extend the notification deadline.
(f) Required deposits deducted and paid to
TRS are not refundable to a member if service is not creditable, unless a
member terminates membership by withdrawal of all contributions in accordance
with applicable law.
(g) After
making timely notification to TRS, a member must provide verification and make
deposits as required by TRS before service may be credited. Verification must
be made in the form and within the time period specified by applicable laws and
rules, including §
25.47 of this title (relating to
Deadline for Verification). Service shall be creditable only if TRS determines
that the verified service is sufficient to establish the credit being
sought.
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