81R11820 SGA-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2252
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service creditable in the Judicial Retirement System of
Texas Plan Two.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 838, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 838.1045 to read as follows:
Sec. 838.1045. SERVICE ON COUNTY COURT AT LAW OR AS JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE. (a) An eligible member may establish equivalent
membership service credit in the retirement system for service
performed as judge of a county court at law or as a justice of the
peace.
(b) A member may establish credit under this section by
depositing with the retirement system a contribution in an amount,
except as provided by Subsection (e), computed at the rate of six
percent of the state salary of a district judge for the member's
full tenure on the county court at law or as a justice of the peace,
plus interest computed at the rate of interest credited to a
person's account in the Texas County and District Retirement System
for the period of the service or, for service performed before
January 1, 1968, at the rate of six percent a calendar year.
(c) A member who establishes credit under this section
forfeits all rights to benefits based on the claimed service in the
Texas County and District Retirement System, except rights to
benefits based on the amount paid by the county for the service that
exceeds the amount of state salary that would have been paid for the
service.
(d) The Texas County and District Retirement System shall
transfer to the retirement system the amount credited to the
member's account, whether contributed by the member or the member's
employer, plus accumulated interest, except any amount
representing contributions or interest on salary that exceeds the
state salary that would have been paid for the service.
(e) The retirement system shall credit the amount
transferred by the Texas County and District Retirement System
against the member's required payment under this section. If the
total of the amount transferred and the amount paid by the member
exceeds the amount required by this section, the retirement system
shall leave the excess in the retirement system trust fund.
(f) The amount of contributions credited in the retirement
system to a member who establishes credit under this section is the
amount that the member would have contributed to the retirement
system, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas, or the Judicial
Retirement System of Texas Plan One as a district judge at the time
the service was performed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the years of service creditable for retirement benefits of a
member of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who
retires on or after the effective date of this Act. The years of
service creditable for retirement benefits of a member who retires
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the effective date of the retirement, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.