Texas Administrative Code
Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Part 3 - TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS
Chapter 29 - BENEFITS
Subchapter A - RETIREMENT
Section 29.13 - Changing Beneficiary for Survivor Benefits and Changing Retirement Plans

(a) A retiree may change the designation of beneficiary for survivor benefits at any time.

(b) A retiree who retired before June 26, 2015 and is receiving a standard service or disability retirement annuity under Government Code, § 824.203 or § 824.304(b), who was not permitted to name a same-sex spouse as the beneficiary of an optional annuity at retirement because of the Internal Revenue Code restriction on adjusted minimum age difference between the retiree and the beneficiary, or who married after retirement but before June 26, 2015 and was not permitted to name the retiree's same-sex spouse as the beneficiary of an optional annuity under Government Code, § 824.1011, may no later than December 31, 2017 replace the standard annuity under §824.1011 and select an optional annuity under Government Code, § 824.204(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5), or under Government Code, § 824.308(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5), on a form prescribed by TRS and designate the retiree's spouse as the beneficiary as if the retiree had married after retirement. The selection of the optional annuity and the designation of the beneficiary of the optional annuity do not take effect until the first annuity payment that becomes due two years after the date the selection and designation are received by TRS.