81R10490 KFF-D
By: Corte H.B. No. 3493
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for
service as a custodial officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 813.5061 to read as follows:
Sec. 813.5061. TREATMENT OF PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT OF CERTAIN
MEMBERS AS CUSTODIAL OFFICER SERVICE. (a) A member of the
retirement system who is employed by the Board of Pardons and
Paroles or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a parole
officer is entitled to establish service credit as a custodial
officer in the retirement system for service performed as a parole
officer before September 1, 1999.
(b) The board of trustees with the assistance of the Board
of Pardons and Paroles and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
shall adopt rules to implement and administer this section.
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.