Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1163 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R4709 LED-D
2	2	By: Alonzo H.B. No. 1163
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eligibility for membership and funding of benefits for
8	8	certain law enforcement, custodial, and other peace officers.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 802.305(i)(2), Government Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(2) "State-financed public retirement system" means
13	13	the Employees Retirement System of Texas, including the law
14	14	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
15	15	retirement fund, or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
16	16	SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 803, Government Code, is
17	17	amended by adding Section 803.2015 to read as follows:
18	18	Sec. 803.2015. COMBINED SERVICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PEACE
19	19	OFFICERS. (a) This section applies to a person who, on December
20	20	31, 2017:
21	21	(1) is a member of the Teacher Retirement System of
22	22	Texas, who:
23	23	(A) is identified under Section 825.515 as being
24	24	employed in a position as a peace officer; and
25	25	(B) elects to begin membership as a peace officer
26	26	participating in the Employees Retirement System law enforcement,
27	27	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund
28	28	beginning January 1, 2018; or
29	29	(2) is a member of the Employees Retirement System of
30	30	Texas who:
31	31	(A) is employed in a position as a law
32	32	enforcement, custodial, juvenile justice, or peace officer as those
33	33	terms are defined by Section 811.001; and
34	34	(B) elects to begin participation in the
35	35	Employees Retirement System law enforcement, custodial, and peace
36	36	officer supplemental retirement fund beginning January 1, 2018.
37	37	(b) For the purposes of this chapter, service credit earned
38	38	by a person described by Subsection (a) is considered service
39	39	credit earned in two retirement systems and is subject to Section
40	40	803.201. The membership on which combined service credit is based
41	41	is service credit accrued:
42	42	(1) before beginning participation in the Employees
43	43	Retirement System law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer
44	44	supplemental retirement fund; and
45	45	(2) after beginning participation in the Employees
46	46	Retirement System law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer
47	47	supplemental retirement fund.
48	48	SECTION 3. Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by
49	49	amending Subdivisions (6) and (9) and adding Subdivisions (8-b) and
50	50	(12-b) to read as follows:
51	51	(6) "Combined retirement annuity" means the amount
52	52	payable on retirement for service credited as a member of the
53	53	employee class of membership plus any supplemental amount payable
54	54	from the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer
55	55	supplemental retirement fund.
56	56	(8-b) "Juvenile justice officer" means a member of the
57	57	retirement system who is employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice
58	58	Department and certified by that department as holding a position
59	59	as a juvenile correctional officer or other position the primary
60	60	duties of which include the custodial supervision of or other
61	61	close, regularly planned contact with youth in the custody of that
62	62	department.
63	63	(9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the
64	64	retirement system who:
65	65	(A) has been commissioned as a law enforcement
66	66	officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic
67	67	Beverage Commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, the office
68	68	of the attorney general, or the office of inspector general at the
69	69	Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and
70	70	(B) is recognized as a commissioned law
71	71	enforcement officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
72	72	(12-b) "Peace officer" means:
73	73	(A) a person certified as being employed as a
74	74	peace officer under Section 815.505; or
75	75	(B) any other person employed as a peace officer
76	76	who is:
77	77	(i) not a custodial officer, juvenile
78	78	justice officer, or law enforcement officer for purposes of this
79	79	subtitle; and
80	80	(ii) a peace officer under Article 2.12,
81	81	Code of Criminal Procedure, employed or appointed by a department,
82	82	commission, board, agency, or institution of the state.
83	83	SECTION 4. Section 812.003, Government Code, is amended by
84	84	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
85	85	follows:
86	86	(b) An office or employment that is included in the coverage
87	87	of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, other than in a position
88	88	identified as a peace officer position under Section 825.515, the
89	89	Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial
90	90	Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or, except as provided by
91	91	Section 9.01, Chapter 238 (S.B. 378), Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
92	92	Regular Session, 1993, is with a university system or institution
93	93	of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
94	94	is not a position with a department, commission, board, agency, or
95	95	institution of the state for purposes of this subtitle.
96	96	(b-1) Membership in the employee class includes any person
97	97	who is certified as being employed in a position as a peace officer
98	98	under Section 815.505.
99	99	SECTION 5. Section 812.101(c), Government Code, is amended
100	100	to read as follows:
101	101	(c) For a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or]
102	102	custodial, or peace officer, the withdrawal of accumulated
103	103	contributions under Subsection (a) includes all of the officer's
104	104	contributions made under Section 815.402(h).
105	105	SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is
106	106	amended by adding Section 813.507 to read as follows:
107	107	Sec. 813.507. JUVENILE JUSTICE OFFICER SERVICE. (a) The
108	108	Texas Juvenile Justice Board by rule shall adopt standards for
109	109	determining eligibility for service credit as a juvenile justice
110	110	officer, based on the need to encourage early retirement of persons
111	111	whose duties are hazardous and require them to have routine contact
112	112	with youth in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
113	113	on a regular basis.
114	114	(b) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall determine a
115	115	person's eligibility to receive credit as a juvenile justice
116	116	officer. A determination by the department may not be appealed by
117	117	an employee but is subject to change by the retirement system.
118	118	SECTION 7. Section 813.513(a), Government Code, is amended
119	119	to read as follows:
120	120	(a) An eligible member may establish not more than 36 months
121	121	of equivalent membership service credit, including law
122	122	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
123	123	service, in either the elected class or the employee class.
124	124	SECTION 8. Section 814.107, Government Code, is amended to
125	125	read as follows:
126	126	Sec. 814.107. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
127	127	[PEACE] OFFICERS. (a) This section applies only to a member who
128	128	participates in the law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer
129	129	supplemental retirement fund.
130	130	(a-1) A member who has at least 20 years of service credit as
131	131	a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace
132	132	officer is eligible to retire regardless of age and receive a
133	133	standard service retirement annuity in an amount and to be funded as
134	134	provided by this section.
135	135	(b) The standard service retirement annuity payable for at
136	136	least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement, juvenile
137	137	justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer is an amount computed on
138	138	the basis of the member's average monthly compensation for the 60
139	139	highest months of compensation in the employee class, times the sum
140	140	of the percentage factor used in the computation of a standard
141	141	service retirement annuity under Section 814.105 plus .5 percent.
142	142	(c) The standard combined service retirement annuity that
143	143	is payable under this section is based on retirement on or after the
144	144	attainment of the normal retirement age, which for purposes of this
145	145	section is the earlier of either the age of 57 or the age at which
146	146	the sum of the member's age and amount of service credit in the
147	147	employee class equals the number 80. The annuity of a law
148	148	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer who
149	149	retires before reaching the age of 57 under any eligibility
150	150	criteria is actuarially reduced by five percent for each year of
151	151	difference between the member's age at retirement and 57. The
152	152	actuarial reduction described by this section is in addition to any
153	153	other actuarial reduction required by law.
154	154	(c-1) A law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial,
155	155	or peace officer who retires before attaining the age of 50 is
156	156	entitled only to an annuity that is actuarially reduced from the
157	157	annuity available at the age of 50 to the law enforcement, juvenile
158	158	justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer whose service credit
159	159	annuity amount is based on the sum of the member's age and amount of
160	160	law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
161	161	service credit and employee class service credit, and is not
162	162	entitled to have the annuity recalculated at normal retirement age.
163	163	The standard or reduced annuity under this section is payable from
164	164	the trust fund established by Section 815.310 and the law
165	165	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
166	166	retirement fund in a ratio determined by the retirement system.
167	167	(d) A member who retires under this section retires
168	168	simultaneously from the employee class of membership. Optional
169	169	retirement annuities provided by Section 814.108 are available to a
170	170	member eligible to receive a service retirement annuity under this
171	171	section, but the same optional plan and beneficiary must be
172	172	selected for the portion of the annuity payable from the law
173	173	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
174	174	retirement fund and the portion payable from the trust fund
175	175	established by Section 815.310.
176	176	(e) The amount payable from the law enforcement, [and]
177	177	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund is
178	178	reducible by the amount paid from the trust fund established by
179	179	Section 815.310 for service as a law enforcement, juvenile justice,
180	180	[or] custodial, or peace officer. The total combined amount of an
181	181	annuity under this section may not be less than the authorized
182	182	benefit under Subsection (b) subtracted by any amount necessary
183	183	because of selection of an optional annuity, because of retirement
184	184	before the normal retirement age, or as provided by Subsection (f).
185	185	(f) The standard combined service retirement annuity
186	186	payable for at least 20 years of service credit as a law
187	187	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer may
188	188	not exceed 100 percent of the average compensation computed under
189	189	Subsection (b).
190	190	(g) For purposes of this section, service as a law
191	191	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer is
192	192	creditable as provided by rule of the board of trustees or on a
193	193	month-to-month basis, whichever is greater.
194	194	SECTION 9. The heading to Section 814.207, Government Code,
195	195	is amended to read as follows:
196	196	Sec. 814.207. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
197	197	[PEACE] OFFICERS.
198	198	SECTION 10. Section 814.207, Government Code, is amended by
199	199	amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
200	200	read as follows:
201	201	(a) This section applies only to a member who participates
202	202	in the law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental
203	203	retirement fund.
204	204	(a-1) An annuity payable for an occupational disability
205	205	resulting from a risk to which law enforcement, juvenile justice,
206	206	[or] custodial, or peace officers are exposed because of the nature
207	207	of their [law enforcement or custodial] duties is payable under the
208	208	same terms and conditions that apply to other occupational
209	209	disability retirement annuities under this subtitle, except that
210	210	the source and amount of the annuity are as provided by this
211	211	section.
212	212	(d) The portions of the annuity under this section payable
213	213	from the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer
214	214	supplemental retirement fund are the amount remaining after
215	215	deduction of any amount payable under Section 814.206, except the
216	216	portion of an amount that exceeds the minimum payments provided by
217	217	Section 814.206(b) and that is made for service other than as a law
218	218	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer and
219	219	any amount by which an annuity is increased under Subsection (e).
220	220	SECTION 11. Section 814.305, Government Code, is amended to
221	221	read as follows:
222	222	Sec. 814.305. ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
223	223	JUVENILE JUSTICE, [OR] CUSTODIAL, OR PEACE OFFICER. (a) This
224	224	section applies only to a member who participates in the law
225	225	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
226	226	fund.
227	227	(b) If a member who has at least 20 years of service credit
228	228	as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace
229	229	officer dies, the amount of the death benefit annuity payable for
230	230	the member's service as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or]
231	231	custodial, or peace officer is an amount computed and funded as
232	232	provided by Section 814.107, including any applicable reduction
233	233	factors.
234	234	SECTION 12. Section 815.103(c), Government Code, is amended
235	235	to read as follows:
236	236	(c) The board of trustees may authorize the executive
237	237	director to acquire, hold, manage, purchase, sell, assign, trade,
238	238	transfer, and dispose of any security, evidence of debt, or other
239	239	investment in which assets of the law enforcement, [and] custodial,
240	240	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund may be invested.
241	241	SECTION 13. Section 815.208(c), Government Code, is amended
242	242	to read as follows:
243	243	(c) The board of trustees shall make payments from the law
244	244	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
245	245	retirement fund for services rendered by the actuary for that fund
246	246	and approved by the board.
247	247	SECTION 14. Sections 815.301(a) and (b), Government Code,
248	248	are amended to read as follows:
249	249	(a) The board of trustees shall:
250	250	(1) invest the assets of the retirement system as a
251	251	single fund without distinction as to their source; and
252	252	(2) hold securities purchased with the assets
253	253	described by Subsection (a)(1) collectively for the proportionate
254	254	benefit of:
255	255	(A) all accounts in the trust fund that are
256	256	listed in Section 815.310(b); and
257	257	(B) the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and
258	258	peace officer supplemental retirement fund.
259	259	(b) The board of trustees may delegate its authority under
260	260	Subsection (a) to the executive director. The board of trustees or
261	261	the executive director may, under the standard of care provided by
262	262	Section 815.307, invest and reinvest any of the retirement system's
263	263	assets and may commingle assets of the trust fund and the law
264	264	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
265	265	retirement fund with the assets of the Judicial Retirement System
266	266	of Texas Plan Two for investment purposes, as long as proportionate
267	267	ownership records are maintained and credited. Investments may
268	268	include home office facilities, including land, equipment, and
269	269	office building, used in administering the retirement system.
270	270	SECTION 15. Section 815.308(b), Government Code, is amended
271	271	to read as follows:
272	272	(b) The amount of cash on hand may not exceed 10 percent of
273	273	the total amount in the funds of the retirement system on deposit
274	274	with the comptroller, excluding the assets of the law enforcement,
275	275	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund.
276	276	SECTION 16. Section 815.309, Government Code, is amended to
277	277	read as follows:
278	278	Sec. 815.309. CREDITING SYSTEM ASSETS. All assets of the
279	279	retirement system, except assets of the law enforcement, [and]
280	280	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund, shall be
281	281	credited to the trust fund established by Section 815.310.
282	282	SECTION 17. The heading to Section 815.317, Government
283	283	Code, is amended to read as follows:
284	284	Sec. 815.317. LAW ENFORCEMENT, [AND] CUSTODIAL, AND PEACE
285	285	OFFICER SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT FUND.
286	286	SECTION 18. Sections 815.317(a), (a-1), and (b), Government
287	287	Code, are amended to read as follows:
288	288	(a) The retirement system shall deposit in the law
289	289	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
290	290	retirement fund state contributions and other appropriations made
291	291	by the legislature to the fund and proceeds from investment of the
292	292	fund.
293	293	(a-1) The comptroller shall deposit fees collected under
294	294	Section 133.102(e)(7), Local Government Code, to the credit of the
295	295	law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
296	296	retirement fund.
297	297	(b) The retirement system may use money from the fund only
298	298	to pay supplemental retirement and death benefits to law
299	299	enforcement, juvenile justice, [and] custodial, or peace officers
300	300	as provided by this subtitle and to pay for the administration of
301	301	the fund.
302	302	SECTION 19. Section 815.402(h), Government Code, is amended
303	303	to read as follows:
304	304	(h) In addition to the contribution under Subsection
305	305	(a)(1), each department or agency of the state that employs a law
306	306	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
307	307	shall deduct an additional 0.5 percent contribution from that
308	308	member's compensation, to be deposited in the law enforcement,
309	309	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund,
310	310	provided that, if the state contribution to the law enforcement,
311	311	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund is
312	312	computed using a percentage less than 0.5 percent, the member's
313	313	contribution is computed using a percentage equal to the percentage
314	314	used to compute the state contribution.
315	315	SECTION 20. Section 815.403(a), Government Code, is amended
316	316	to read as follows:
317	317	(a) During each fiscal year, the state shall contribute to
318	318	the retirement system:
319	319	(1) an amount equal to 7.4 percent of the total
320	320	compensation of all members of the retirement system for that year;
321	321	(2) money to pay lump-sum death benefits for retirees
322	322	under Section 814.501;
323	323	(3) an amount for the law enforcement, [and]
324	324	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund equal to
325	325	2.13 percent of the aggregate state compensation of all law
326	326	enforcement, juvenile justice, custodial, and peace [law
327	327	enforcement] officers for that year;
328	328	(4) money necessary for the administration of the law
329	329	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
330	330	retirement fund; and
331	331	(5) money for service credit not previously
332	332	established, as provided by Section 813.202(c) or 813.302(d).
333	333	SECTION 21. Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to
334	334	read as follows:
335	335	Sec. 815.505. CERTIFICATION OF NAMES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
336	336	JUVENILE JUSTICE, [AND] CUSTODIAL, AND PEACE OFFICERS. (a) Not
337	337	later than the 12th day of the month following the month in which a
338	338	person begins or ceases employment as a law enforcement, juvenile
339	339	justice, [officer or] custodial, or peace officer, the Public
340	340	Safety Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the
341	341	Parks and Wildlife Commission, the office of the attorney general,
342	342	the [office of inspector general at the] Texas Juvenile Justice
343	343	Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the Texas Board of
344	344	Criminal Justice, and any other state employer, as applicable,
345	345	shall certify to the retirement system, in the manner prescribed by
346	346	the system, the name of the employee and such other information as
347	347	the system determines is necessary for the crediting of service and
348	348	financing of benefits under this subtitle.
349	349	(b) Not later than the 12th day of the month following the
350	350	month in which a person begins or ceases employment as a peace
351	351	officer, an employer required to provide information about a person
352	352	identified as being employed in a position as a peace officer under
353	353	Section 825.515 shall certify to the retirement system, in the
354	354	manner prescribed by the system, the name of the employee and such
355	355	other information as the system determines is necessary for the
356	356	crediting of service and financing of benefits under this subtitle.
357	357	SECTION 22. Section 822.002, Government Code, is amended to
358	358	read as follows:
359	359	Sec. 822.002. EXCEPTIONS TO MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT. An
360	360	employee of the public school system is not permitted to be a member
361	361	of the retirement system if the employee:
362	362	(1) is eligible and elects to participate in the
363	363	optional retirement program under Chapter 830;
364	364	(2) is eligible and elects to participate in the law
365	365	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
366	366	fund under Section 803.2015;
367	367	(3) is required to participate in the law enforcement,
368	368	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund as a
369	369	member of the employee class under Section 812.003(b-1);
370	370	(4) [(2)] is solely employed by a public institution
371	371	of higher education that as a condition of employment requires the
372	372	employee to be enrolled as a student in the institution; or
373	373	(5) [(3)] has retired under the retirement system and
374	374	has not been reinstated to membership pursuant to Section 824.005
375	375	or 824.307.
376	376	SECTION 23. Section 840.301(a), Government Code, is amended
377	377	to read as follows:
378	378	(a) The board of trustees may, under the standard of care
379	379	provided by Section 840.303, invest and reinvest the retirement
380	380	system's assets and may commingle assets of the trust fund with the
381	381	assets of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, including its
382	382	trust fund and the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace
383	383	officer supplemental retirement fund, for investment purposes, as
384	384	long as proportionate ownership records are maintained and
385	385	credited.
386	386	SECTION 24. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code, is
387	387	amended to read as follows:
388	388	(e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received
389	389	under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
390	390	receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
391	391	applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
392	392	received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
393	393	collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
394	394	may not receive less than the following percentages:
395	395	(1) abused children's counseling
396	396	0.0088 percent;
397	397	(2) crime stoppers assistance
398	398	0.2581 percent;
399	399	(3) breath alcohol testing
400	400	0.5507 percent;
401	401	(4) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
402	402	Institute
403	403	2.1683 percent;
404	404	(5) law enforcement officers standards and education
405	405	5.0034 percent;
406	406	(6) comprehensive rehabilitation
407	407	9.8218 percent;
408	408	(7) law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace
409	409	officer supplemental retirement fund
410	410	11.1426 percent;
411	411	(8) criminal justice planning
412	412	12.5537 percent;
413	413	(9) an account in the state treasury to be used only
414	414	for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study and
415	415	Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M
416	416	University
417	417	1.2090 percent;
418	418	(10) compensation to victims of crime fund
419	419	37.6338 percent;
420	420	(11) emergency radio infrastructure account
421	421	5.5904 percent;
422	422	(12) judicial and court personnel training fund
423	423	4.8362 percent;
424	424	(13) an account in the state treasury to be used for
425	425	the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management
426	426	Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account
427	427	1.2090 percent; and
428	428	(14) fair defense account
429	429	8.0143 percent.
430	430	SECTION 25. (a) Not later than December 31, 2017, a person
431	431	who is a member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and is
432	432	identified under Section 825.515, Government Code, as being
433	433	employed as a peace officer shall decide whether to:
434	434	(1) remain a member in the Teacher Retirement System
435	435	of Texas; or
436	436	(2) become a member of the employee class as a peace
437	437	officer participating in the Employees Retirement System law
438	438	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
439	439	fund effective January 1, 2018.
440	440	(b) Not later than December 31, 2017, a person who is a
441	441	member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, holds a
442	442	position as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, custodial, or
443	443	peace officer, and was not eligible before the effective date of
444	444	this Act to participate in the law enforcement and custodial
445	445	officer supplemental retirement fund shall decide whether to:
446	446	(1) remain a member of the Employees Retirement System
447	447	of Texas without participating in the law enforcement, custodial,
448	448	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund; or
449	449	(2) begin participation in the Employees Retirement
450	450	System law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental
451	451	retirement fund effective January 1, 2018.
452	452	(c) The retirement benefits of a person who opts to begin
453	453	participation in the Employees Retirement System law enforcement,
454	454	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund under
455	455	Subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be divided as if the
456	456	benefits were based on service credit earned in two separate
457	457	retirement systems as follows:
458	458	(1) service credit earned before January 1, 2018; and
459	459	(2) service credit earned on or after January 1, 2018.
460	460	(d) A person who earns service credit described by
461	461	Subsections (c)(1) and (2) of this section is eligible to have that
462	462	credit treated as combined service credit under Chapter 803,
463	463	Government Code, as amended by this Act.
464	464	SECTION 26. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.