Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2473 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R6247 TSR-D
2	2	By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2473
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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, 2019:
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 of Texas law
27	27	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
28	28	fund beginning January 1, 2020; 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 of Texas law enforcement, custodial,
36	36	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund beginning January 1,
37	37	2020.
38	38	(b) For the purposes of this chapter, service credit earned
39	39	by a person described by Subsection (a) is considered service
40	40	credit earned in two retirement systems and is subject to Section
41	41	803.201. The membership on which combined service credit is based
42	42	is service credit accrued:
43	43	(1) before beginning participation in the Employees
44	44	Retirement System of Texas law enforcement, custodial, and peace
45	45	officer supplemental retirement fund; and
46	46	(2) after beginning participation in the Employees
47	47	Retirement System of Texas law enforcement, custodial, and peace
48	48	officer supplemental retirement fund.
49	49	SECTION 3. Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by
50	50	amending Subdivisions (6) and (9) and adding Subdivisions (8-b) and
51	51	(12-b) to read as follows:
52	52	(6) "Combined retirement annuity" means the amount
53	53	payable on retirement for service credited as a member of the
54	54	employee class of membership plus any supplemental amount payable
55	55	from the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer
56	56	supplemental retirement fund.
57	57	(8-b) "Juvenile justice officer" means a member of the
58	58	retirement system who is employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice
59	59	Department and certified by that department as holding a position
60	60	as a juvenile correctional officer or other position the primary
61	61	duties of which include the custodial supervision of or other
62	62	close, regularly planned contact with youth in the custody of that
63	63	department.
64	64	(9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the
65	65	retirement system who:
66	66	(A) has been commissioned as a law enforcement
67	67	officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic
68	68	Beverage Commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, the
69	69	attorney general, or the office of inspector general at the Texas
70	70	Juvenile Justice Department; and
71	71	(B) is recognized as a commissioned law
72	72	enforcement officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
73	73	(12-b) "Peace officer" means:
74	74	(A) a person certified as being employed as a
75	75	peace officer under Section 815.505; or
76	76	(B) any other person employed as a peace officer
77	77	who is:
78	78	(i) not a law enforcement officer, juvenile
79	79	justice officer, or custodial officer for purposes of this
80	80	subtitle; and
81	81	(ii) a peace officer under Article 2.12,
82	82	Code of Criminal Procedure, employed or appointed by a department,
83	83	commission, board, agency, or institution of the state.
84	84	SECTION 4. Section 812.003, Government Code, is amended by
85	85	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
86	86	follows:
87	87	(b) An office or employment that is included in the coverage
88	88	of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, other than in a position
89	89	identified as a peace officer position under Section 825.515, the
90	90	Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial
91	91	Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or, except as provided by
92	92	Section 9.01, Chapter 238 (S.B. 378), Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
93	93	Regular Session, 1993, is with a university system or institution
94	94	of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
95	95	is not a position with a department, commission, board, agency, or
96	96	institution of the state for purposes of this subtitle.
97	97	(b-1) Membership in the employee class includes any person
98	98	who is certified as being employed in a position as a peace officer
99	99	under Section 815.505.
100	100	SECTION 5. Section 812.101(c), Government Code, is amended
101	101	to read as follows:
102	102	(c) For a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or]
103	103	custodial, or peace officer, the withdrawal of accumulated
104	104	contributions under Subsection (a) includes all of the officer's
105	105	contributions made under Section 815.402(h).
106	106	SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is
107	107	amended by adding Section 813.507 to read as follows:
108	108	Sec. 813.507. JUVENILE JUSTICE OFFICER SERVICE. (a) The
109	109	Texas Juvenile Justice Board by rule shall adopt standards for
110	110	determining eligibility for service credit as a juvenile justice
111	111	officer, based on the need to encourage early retirement of persons
112	112	whose duties are hazardous and require them to have routine contact
113	113	with youth in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
114	114	on a regular basis.
115	115	(b) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall determine a
116	116	person's eligibility to receive credit as a juvenile justice
117	117	officer. A determination by the department may not be appealed by
118	118	an employee but is subject to change by the retirement system.
119	119	SECTION 7. Section 813.513(a), Government Code, is amended
120	120	to read as follows:
121	121	(a) An eligible member may establish not more than 36 months
122	122	of equivalent membership service credit, including law
123	123	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
124	124	service, in either the elected class or the employee class.
125	125	SECTION 8. Section 814.107, Government Code, is amended to
126	126	read as follows:
127	127	Sec. 814.107. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
128	128	[PEACE] OFFICERS. (a) This section applies only to a member who
129	129	participates in the law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer
130	130	supplemental retirement fund.
131	131	(a-1) A member who has at least 20 years of service credit as
132	132	a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace
133	133	officer is eligible to retire regardless of age and receive a
134	134	standard service retirement annuity in an amount and to be funded as
135	135	provided by this section.
136	136	(b) The standard service retirement annuity payable for at
137	137	least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement, juvenile
138	138	justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer is an amount computed on
139	139	the basis of the member's average monthly compensation for the 60
140	140	highest months of compensation in the employee class, times the sum
141	141	of the percentage factor used in the computation of a standard
142	142	service retirement annuity under Section 814.105 plus .5 percent.
143	143	(c) The standard combined service retirement annuity that
144	144	is payable under this section is based on retirement on or after the
145	145	attainment of the normal retirement age, which for purposes of this
146	146	section is the earlier of either the age of 57 or the age at which
147	147	the sum of the member's age and amount of service credit in the
148	148	employee class equals the number 80. The annuity of a law
149	149	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer who
150	150	retires before reaching the age of 57 under any eligibility
151	151	criteria is actuarially reduced by five percent for each year of
152	152	difference between the member's age at retirement and 57. The
153	153	actuarial reduction described by this section is in addition to any
154	154	other actuarial reduction required by law.
155	155	(c-1) A law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial,
156	156	or peace officer who retires before attaining the age of 50 is
157	157	entitled only to an annuity that is actuarially reduced from the
158	158	annuity available at the age of 50 to the law enforcement, juvenile
159	159	justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer whose service credit
160	160	annuity amount is based on the sum of the member's age and amount of
161	161	law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
162	162	service credit and employee class service credit, and is not
163	163	entitled to have the annuity recalculated at normal retirement age.
164	164	The standard or reduced annuity under this section is payable from
165	165	the trust fund established by Section 815.310 and the law
166	166	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
167	167	retirement fund in a ratio determined by the retirement system.
168	168	(d) A member who retires under this section retires
169	169	simultaneously from the employee class of membership. Optional
170	170	retirement annuities provided by Section 814.108 are available to a
171	171	member eligible to receive a service retirement annuity under this
172	172	section, but the same optional plan and beneficiary must be
173	173	selected for the portion of the annuity payable from the law
174	174	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
175	175	retirement fund and the portion payable from the trust fund
176	176	established by Section 815.310.
177	177	(e) The amount payable from the law enforcement, [and]
178	178	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund is
179	179	reducible by the amount paid from the trust fund established by
180	180	Section 815.310 for service as a law enforcement, juvenile justice,
181	181	[or] custodial, or peace officer. The total combined amount of an
182	182	annuity under this section may not be less than the authorized
183	183	benefit under Subsection (b) subtracted by any amount necessary
184	184	because of selection of an optional annuity, because of retirement
185	185	before the normal retirement age, or as provided by Subsection (f).
186	186	(f) The standard combined service retirement annuity
187	187	payable for at least 20 years of service credit as a law
188	188	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer may
189	189	not exceed 100 percent of the average compensation computed under
190	190	Subsection (b).
191	191	(g) For purposes of this section, service as a law
192	192	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer is
193	193	creditable as provided by rule of the board of trustees or on a
194	194	month-to-month basis, whichever is greater.
195	195	SECTION 9. The heading to Section 814.207, Government Code,
196	196	is amended to read as follows:
197	197	Sec. 814.207. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
198	198	[PEACE] OFFICERS.
199	199	SECTION 10. Section 814.207, Government Code, is amended by
200	200	amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
201	201	read as follows:
202	202	(a) This section applies only to a member who participates
203	203	in the law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental
204	204	retirement fund.
205	205	(a-1) An annuity payable for an occupational disability
206	206	resulting from a risk to which law enforcement, juvenile justice,
207	207	[or] custodial, or peace officers are exposed because of the nature
208	208	of their [law enforcement or custodial] duties is payable under the
209	209	same terms and conditions that apply to other occupational
210	210	disability retirement annuities under this subtitle, except that
211	211	the source and amount of the annuity are as provided by this
212	212	section.
213	213	(d) The portions of the annuity under this section payable
214	214	from the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer
215	215	supplemental retirement fund are the amount remaining after
216	216	deduction of any amount payable under Section 814.206, except the
217	217	portion of an amount that exceeds the minimum payments provided by
218	218	Section 814.206(b) and that is made for service other than as a law
219	219	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer and
220	220	any amount by which an annuity is increased under Subsection (e).
221	221	SECTION 11. Section 814.305, Government Code, is amended to
222	222	read as follows:
223	223	Sec. 814.305. ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
224	224	JUVENILE JUSTICE, [OR] CUSTODIAL, OR PEACE OFFICER. (a) This
225	225	section applies only to a member who participates in the law
226	226	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
227	227	fund.
228	228	(b) If a member who has at least 20 years of service credit
229	229	as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace
230	230	officer dies, the amount of the death benefit annuity payable for
231	231	the member's service as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, [or]
232	232	custodial, or peace officer is an amount computed and funded as
233	233	provided by Section 814.107, including any applicable reduction
234	234	factors.
235	235	SECTION 12. Section 815.103(c), Government Code, is amended
236	236	to read as follows:
237	237	(c) The board of trustees may authorize the executive
238	238	director to acquire, hold, manage, purchase, sell, assign, trade,
239	239	transfer, and dispose of any security, evidence of debt, or other
240	240	investment in which assets of the law enforcement, [and] custodial,
241	241	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund may be invested.
242	242	SECTION 13. Section 815.208(c), Government Code, is amended
243	243	to read as follows:
244	244	(c) The board of trustees shall make payments from the law
245	245	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
246	246	retirement fund for services rendered by the actuary for that fund
247	247	and approved by the board.
248	248	SECTION 14. Sections 815.301(a) and (b), Government Code,
249	249	are amended to read as follows:
250	250	(a) The board of trustees shall:
251	251	(1) invest the assets of the retirement system as a
252	252	single fund without distinction as to their source; and
253	253	(2) hold securities purchased with the assets
254	254	described by Subsection (a)(1) collectively for the proportionate
255	255	benefit of:
256	256	(A) all accounts in the trust fund that are
257	257	listed in Section 815.310(b); and
258	258	(B) the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and
259	259	peace officer supplemental retirement fund.
260	260	(b) Except as provided by Section 815.3016, the board of
261	261	trustees may delegate its authority under Subsection (a) to the
262	262	executive director. Subject to Section 815.3016, the board of
263	263	trustees or the executive director may, under the standard of care
264	264	provided by Section 815.307, invest and reinvest any of the
265	265	retirement system's assets and may commingle assets of the trust
266	266	fund and the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer
267	267	supplemental retirement fund with the assets of the Judicial
268	268	Retirement System of Texas Plan Two for investment purposes, as
269	269	long as proportionate ownership records are maintained and
270	270	credited. Investments may include home office facilities,
271	271	including land, equipment, and office building, used in
272	272	administering the retirement system.
273	273	SECTION 15. Section 815.308(b), Government Code, is amended
274	274	to read as follows:
275	275	(b) The amount of cash on hand may not exceed 10 percent of
276	276	the total amount in the funds of the retirement system on deposit
277	277	with the comptroller, excluding the assets of the law enforcement,
278	278	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund.
279	279	SECTION 16. Section 815.309, Government Code, is amended to
280	280	read as follows:
281	281	Sec. 815.309. CREDITING SYSTEM ASSETS. All assets of the
282	282	retirement system, except assets of the law enforcement, [and]
283	283	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund, shall be
284	284	credited to the trust fund established by Section 815.310.
285	285	SECTION 17. The heading to Section 815.317, Government
286	286	Code, is amended to read as follows:
287	287	Sec. 815.317. LAW ENFORCEMENT, [AND] CUSTODIAL, AND PEACE
288	288	OFFICER SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT FUND.
289	289	SECTION 18. Sections 815.317(a), (a-1), and (b), Government
290	290	Code, are amended to read as follows:
291	291	(a) The retirement system shall deposit in the law
292	292	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
293	293	retirement fund state contributions and other appropriations made
294	294	by the legislature to the fund and proceeds from investment of the
295	295	fund.
296	296	(a-1) The comptroller shall deposit fees collected under
297	297	Section 133.102(e)(5) [133.102(e)(7)], Local Government Code, to
298	298	the credit of the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace
299	299	officer supplemental retirement fund.
300	300	(b) The retirement system may use money from the fund only
301	301	to pay supplemental retirement and death benefits to law
302	302	enforcement, juvenile justice, [and] custodial, or peace officers
303	303	as provided by this subtitle and to pay for the administration of
304	304	the fund.
305	305	SECTION 19. Section 815.402(h), Government Code, is amended
306	306	to read as follows:
307	307	(h) In addition to the contribution under Subsection
308	308	(a)(1), each department or agency of the state that employs a law
309	309	enforcement, juvenile justice, [or] custodial, or peace officer
310	310	shall deduct an additional 0.5 percent contribution from that
311	311	member's compensation, to be deposited in the law enforcement,
312	312	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund,
313	313	provided that, if the state contribution to the law enforcement,
314	314	[and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund is
315	315	computed using a percentage less than 0.5 percent, the member's
316	316	contribution is computed using a percentage equal to the percentage
317	317	used to compute the state contribution.
318	318	SECTION 20. Section 815.403(a), Government Code, is amended
319	319	to read as follows:
320	320	(a) During each fiscal year, the state shall contribute to
321	321	the retirement system:
322	322	(1) an amount equal to 7.4 percent of the total
323	323	compensation of all members of the retirement system for that year;
324	324	(2) money to pay lump-sum death benefits for retirees
325	325	under Section 814.501;
326	326	(3) an amount for the law enforcement, [and]
327	327	custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement fund equal to
328	328	2.13 percent of the aggregate state compensation of all law
329	329	enforcement, juvenile justice, custodial, and peace officer
330	330	members [law enforcement officers] for that year;
331	331	(4) money necessary for the administration of the law
332	332	enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace officer supplemental
333	333	retirement fund; and
334	334	(5) money for service credit not previously
335	335	established, as provided by Section 813.202(c) or 813.302(d).
336	336	SECTION 21. Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to
337	337	read as follows:
338	338	Sec. 815.505. CERTIFICATION OF NAMES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,
339	339	JUVENILE JUSTICE, [AND] CUSTODIAL, AND PEACE OFFICERS. (a) Not
340	340	later than the 12th day of the month following the month in which a
341	341	person begins or ceases employment as a law enforcement, juvenile
342	342	justice, [officer or] custodial, or peace officer, the Public
343	343	Safety Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the
344	344	Parks and Wildlife Commission, the office of the attorney general,
345	345	the [office of inspector general at the] Texas Juvenile Justice
346	346	Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the Texas Board of
347	347	Criminal Justice, and any other state employer, as applicable,
348	348	shall certify to the retirement system, in the manner prescribed by
349	349	the system, the name of the employee and such other information as
350	350	the system determines is necessary for the crediting of service and
351	351	financing of benefits under this subtitle.
352	352	(b) Not later than the 12th day of the month following the
353	353	month in which a person begins or ceases employment as a peace
354	354	officer, an employer required to provide information about a person
355	355	identified as being employed in a position as a peace officer under
356	356	Section 825.515 shall certify to the retirement system, in the
357	357	manner prescribed by the system, the name of the employee and such
358	358	other information as the system determines is necessary for the
359	359	crediting of service and financing of benefits under this subtitle.
360	360	SECTION 22. Section 822.002(a), Government Code, is amended
361	361	to read as follows:
362	362	(a) An employee of the public school system is not permitted
363	363	to be a member of the retirement system if the employee:
364	364	(1) is eligible and elects to participate in the
365	365	optional retirement program under Chapter 830;
366	366	(2) is eligible and elects to participate in the
367	367	Employees Retirement System of Texas law enforcement, custodial,
368	368	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund under Section
369	369	803.2015;
370	370	(3) is required to participate in the Employees
371	371	Retirement System of Texas law enforcement, custodial, and peace
372	372	officer supplemental retirement fund as a member of the employee
373	373	class under Section 812.003(b-1); or
374	374	(4) [(2)] has retired under the retirement system and
375	375	has not been reinstated to membership pursuant to Section 824.005
376	376	or 824.307.
377	377	SECTION 23. Section 840.301(a), Government Code, is amended
378	378	to read as follows:
379	379	(a) The board of trustees may, under the standard of care
380	380	provided by Section 840.303, invest and reinvest the retirement
381	381	system's assets and may commingle assets of the trust fund with the
382	382	assets of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, including its
383	383	trust fund and the law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace
384	384	officer supplemental retirement fund, for investment purposes, as
385	385	long as proportionate ownership records are maintained and
386	386	credited.
387	387	SECTION 24. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code, is
388	388	amended to read as follows:
389	389	(e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received
390	390	under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
391	391	receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
392	392	applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
393	393	received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
394	394	collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
395	395	may not receive less than the following percentages:
396	396	(1) crime stoppers assistance0.2581 percent;
397	397	(2) breath alcohol testing0.5507 percent;
398	398	(3) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
399	399	Institute2.1683 percent;
400	400	(4) law enforcement officers standards and
401	401	education5.0034 percent;
402	402	(5) law enforcement, [and] custodial, and peace
403	403	officer supplemental retirement fund11.1426 percent;
404	404	(6) criminal justice planning12.5537 percent;
405	405	(7) an account in the state treasury to be used only
406	406	for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study and
407	407	Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M
408	408	University1.2090 percent;
409	409	(8) compensation to victims of crime fund37.6338
410	410	percent;
411	411	(9) emergency radio infrastructure account5.5904
412	412	percent;
413	413	(10) judicial and court personnel training fund4.8362
414	414	percent;
415	415	(11) an account in the state treasury to be used for
416	416	the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management
417	417	Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account1.2090
418	418	percent; and
419	419	(12) fair defense account17.8448 percent.
420	420	SECTION 25. The name of the law enforcement and custodial
421	421	officer supplemental retirement fund is changed to the law
422	422	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
423	423	fund. A reference in Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code, or other
424	424	law to the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental
425	425	retirement fund means the law enforcement, custodial, and peace
426	426	officer supplemental retirement fund.
427	427	SECTION 26. (a) Not later than December 31, 2019, a person
428	428	who is a member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and is
429	429	identified under Section 825.515, Government Code, as being
430	430	employed as a peace officer shall decide whether to:
431	431	(1) remain a member in the Teacher Retirement System
432	432	of Texas; or
433	433	(2) become a member of the employee class as a peace
434	434	officer participating in the Employees Retirement System of Texas
435	435	law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental
436	436	retirement fund effective January 1, 2020.
437	437	(b) Not later than December 31, 2019, a person who is a
438	438	member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, holds a
439	439	position as a law enforcement, juvenile justice, custodial, or
440	440	peace officer, and was not eligible before the effective date of
441	441	this Act to participate in the law enforcement and custodial
442	442	officer supplemental retirement fund shall decide whether to:
443	443	(1) remain a member of the Employees Retirement System
444	444	of Texas without participating in the law enforcement, custodial,
445	445	and peace officer supplemental retirement fund; or
446	446	(2) begin participation in the Employees Retirement
447	447	System of Texas law enforcement, custodial, and peace officer
448	448	supplemental retirement fund effective January 1, 2020.
449	449	(c) The retirement benefits of a person who opts to begin
450	450	participation in the Employees Retirement System of Texas law
451	451	enforcement, custodial, and peace officer supplemental retirement
452	452	fund under Subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be divided as
453	453	if the benefits were based on service credit earned in two separate
454	454	retirement systems as follows:
455	455	(1) service credit earned before January 1, 2020; and
456	456	(2) service credit earned on or after January 1, 2020.
457	457	(d) A person who earns service credit described by
458	458	Subsections (c)(1) and (2) of this section is eligible to have that
459	459	credit treated as combined service credit under Chapter 803,
460	460	Government Code, as amended by this Act.
461	461	SECTION 27. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.