Sec. 5.02. RETIREMENT BENEFITS AFTER CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP. (a) A person who has qualified for a retirement annuity under this Act but who has subsequently ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department, by whatever means or for whatever reason, is entitled to a retirement annuity from the fund that accrued to that person before the time that person ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department if the person or the person's beneficiary, in the event of the person's death, files an application for the retirement annuity with the board.
(b) A retirement annuity under Subsection (a) of this section begins the first full calendar month after the month in which the application is filed with the board.
(c) The amount of the retirement annuity under Subsection (a) of this section is the lesser of:
(1) the amount established as of the date the person ceased to be a member of the fund or a properly enrolled member of the fire or police department; or
(2) the amount established as of the date the person or the person's beneficiary filed an application under this section.
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