83R11236 SGA-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 3435
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain credit in the Employees Retirement System of
Texas for service in the Texas State Guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 813.510 to read as follows:
Sec. 813.510. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED TEXAS STATE GUARD
SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member who
holds a position included in the employee class of membership
during the month that includes the effective date of the member's
retirement and who retires based on service or a disability is
entitled to service credit in the retirement system for the
member's hours of volunteer service in the Texas State Guard in the
same manner as the member is credited for accumulated sick leave
that is unused on the last day of employment.
(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules to implement this
section, including rules requiring certification of any hours of
volunteer service claimed in the Texas State Guard. In making Texas
State Guard volunteer service creditable in the same manner as
accumulated sick leave, the board is not required to include
provisions that grant credit in the manner provided by Section
813.509(d) or (e).
SECTION 2. Section 813.510, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a person who retires on or after the
effective date of this Act. A person who retires before the
effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the
date of the person's retirement, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.