Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 823.402. Developmental Leave

(a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for developmental leave that is creditable in the retirement system.

(b) Developmental leave creditable in the retirement system is absence from membership service for a school year that is approved by the member's employer for study, research, travel, or another purpose designed, as determined by the employer, to improve the member's professional competence.

(c) A member eligible to establish credit under this section is one who:

(d) On or before the date a member takes developmental leave, the member must file with the retirement system a notice of intent to take developmental leave, and the member's employer must file with the retirement system a certification that the leave meets the requirements of Subsection (b).  The notice of intent and the certification must be in the form required by the retirement system.  Leave is not creditable in the retirement system if the member does not submit notice of intent and obtain the certification required by this subsection.

(e) A member may establish credit under this section by depositing with the retirement system for each year of developmental leave certified the actuarial present value, at the time of deposit, of the additional standard retirement annuity benefits that would be attributable to the purchase of the service credit under this section, based on rates and tables recommended by the retirement system's actuary and adopted by the board of trustees.

(f) A member may not establish more than two years of equivalent membership service credit under this section.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 456 (S.B. 1668), § 7(a)(2).

(h) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 456 (S.B. 1668), § 7(a)(2).