85R5321 LED-F
By: Fallon H.B. No. 1119
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the standard service retirement annuity for certain
members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of
Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 814.103, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
(c), the standard service retirement annuity for service credited
in the elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number
of years of service credit in that class, times two percent of the
state salary, excluding longevity pay payable under Section
659.0445 and as adjusted from time to time, being paid a district
judge.
(c) The standard service retirement annuity for service
credited in the elected class of membership all of which was earned
as a member of the legislature is an amount equal to the number of
years of service credit in that class, times two percent of
$140,000.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the standard service retirement annuity for a person who is first
eligible to become a member of the elected class on or after
September 1, 2017. A person who is first eligible to become a
member of the elected class before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.