85R10769 TSR-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3263
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3263:
By: Paul C.S.H.B. No. 3263
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the service retirement annuity for certain members of
the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who resume
service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 837.102, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to
read as follows:
(a) A retiree who resumes service as a judicial officer
other than by appointment or assignment described in Section
837.101 may not rejoin or receive credit in the retirement system
for the resumed service, unless an election is made as provided by
Subsection (e).
(e) A retiree described by Subsection (a) may elect to
rejoin and receive service credit in the retirement system for
resuming service as a judicial officer if, before taking the oath of
office, the retiree has been separated from judicial service for at
least 12 full consecutive months. The retiree shall provide notice
of the election to the retirement system in a manner prescribed by
the retirement system.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 840.106, for a retiree who
makes an election under Subsection (e), on the resumption of
annuity payments that have been suspended under this section, the
retirement system shall recompute the service retirement annuity of
the retiree to include the retiree's additional service credit. On
retirement from the retiree's subsequent service, the retiree may
elect a service retirement annuity as if the retiree were retiring
for the first time.
(g) If a retiree under Subsection (f) elects an optional
service retirement annuity payable under Section 839.103(a)(3) or
(4), the retirement system shall reduce the number of months of
payments by the number of months for which the annuity was paid
before the retiree resumed service.
SECTION 2. Section 837.102, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to a retiree of the Judicial Retirement System of
Texas Plan Two who resumes service as a judicial officer before, on,
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.