Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB814 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/15/2019

                            86R695 LED-F
 By: Landgraf H.B. No. 814


 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 Subsection (b), the standard
 service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected
 class of membership for a person described by Section 812.002(a)(3)
 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)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard
 service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected
 class of membership for a person described by Section 812.002(a)(1)
 or (2) is an amount equal to the number of years of service credit in
 that class, times two percent of the state salary being paid a
 district judge on August 31, 2019, excluding longevity pay payable
 under Section 659.0445.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to the standard service retirement annuity for a person who retires
 on or after September 1, 2019. A person who retires 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, 2019.