86R6458 YDB-D
By: Wray H.B. No. 847
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to longevity pay for certain judges and justices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section
to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled:
(1) is equal to the product of .2 percent [.031
multiplied by the amount] of the judge's or justice's current
monthly state salary multiplied by the number of years of service
credited to the judge or justice in the applicable retirement
system; and
(2) becomes payable beginning with the month following
the month in which the judge or justice completes four [16] years of
service for which credit is established in the applicable
retirement system.
SECTION 2. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to longevity pay payable to a judge or justice
after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the date the
judge or justice first becomes entitled to longevity pay.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.