| 1 | 1 | | 81R6831 TJS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2207 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to retirement qualifications for appellate judges. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 839.102, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) The service retirement annuity of a member qualifying |
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| 13 | 13 | | for retirement under Section 839.101(a)(4) is the applicable state |
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| 14 | 14 | | salary under Subsection (a) multiplied by a percentage amount that |
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| 15 | 15 | | is the sum of 50 percent plus the product of 2.3 percent multiplied |
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| 16 | 16 | | by the number of years of prior service credit under Subsection (g) |
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| 17 | 17 | | and subsequent service credit the member accrues under Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 840.1027. After including any increase under Subsection (b), the |
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| 19 | 19 | | service retirement annuity under this subsection may not be an |
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| 20 | 20 | | amount that is greater than 90 percent of the applicable salary |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Subsection (a). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (g) For purposes of Subsection (f), a member's prior service |
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| 23 | 23 | | credit is the amount of service credit that the member earned in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | retirement system prior to serving on an appellate court that is in |
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| 25 | 25 | | excess of the amount of service credit that the member requires to |
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| 26 | 26 | | be eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity |
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| 27 | 27 | | under Section 839.101(a)(4). |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to a person who retires on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | The change in law does not apply to a person who retired before the |
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| 31 | 31 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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