Harris County is a member of the Texas County and District Retirement System. Employees are eligible for retirement when their age + service = 75 or when they reach age 60 with 8 years of service or when they attain 30 or more years of creditable service at any age.
A county civil court at law may hear civil matters with an amount in controversy of up to $250,000 and has jurisdiction in appeals of civil cases from justice courts in Harris County.
You meet the Rule of 75 if the sum of your years, months, and days of actual age and service totals at least 75 years.
You can receive Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. However, we'll reduce your benefit if you start receiving benefits before your full retirement age. For example, if you turn age 62 in 2025, your benefit would be about 30% lower than it would be at your full retirement age of 67.
You are eligible for a retirement benefit when you meet one of the following requirements: You are age 60 or over and have accrued 8 years of service time. You have accrued 30 years of service time (regardless of age) Your age plus your years of service total 75 (also called the Rule of 75)
TCDRS is a savings-based plan where the benefit is based on how much a member has saved over the course of their career and employer matching at retirement.
Harris County is a member of the Texas County and District Retirement System. Employees are eligible for retirement when their age + service = 75 or when they reach age 60 with 8 years of service or when they attain 30 or more years of creditable service at any age.
If you have a workplace or private pension, completing an 'expression of wish' form with your provider, and making sure it's up to date, will let them know who you'd like your pensions savings to go to if you die before you retire.