81R7439 KFF-D By: McClendon H.B. No. 2137 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to computation of the standard service annuity under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 824.203, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the standard service retirement annuity for a member who retires on or after September 1, 2009, but before September 1, 2014, is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average annual compensation for the three years of service, whether or not consecutive, in which the member received the highest annual compensation, times 2.3 percent for each year of service credit in the retirement system. This subsection expires September 1, 2014. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.