81R7591 TJS-F
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2045
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to retirement benefits for certain police officers in
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 451 (S.B. 737), Acts of the 72nd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 14 to read as follows:
Sec. 14. CERTAIN TRANSFERRED PEACE OFFICERS. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a member of the retirement system
who served as a peace officer in a municipal department other than
the police department and whom the governing body of the
municipality has transferred to the police department on or after
the member's normal retirement date may, as an alternative to
participating in the proportionate retirement program under
Chapter 803, Government Code, elect to receive a retirement
allowance under this Act while remaining actively employed by the
police department.
(b) If a member elects to receive the retirement allowance
authorized by this section, the allowance must be calculated and
paid retroactively from the date of the member's transfer to the
police department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.