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| 1 | 1 | 86R6458 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wray H.B. No. 847 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to longevity pay for certain judges and justices. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (b) The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section | |
| 12 | 12 | to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) is equal to the product of .2 percent [.031 | |
| 14 | 14 | multiplied by the amount] of the judge's or justice's current | |
| 15 | 15 | monthly state salary multiplied by the number of years of service | |
| 16 | 16 | credited to the judge or justice in the applicable retirement | |
| 17 | 17 | system; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) becomes payable beginning with the month following | |
| 19 | 19 | the month in which the judge or justice completes four [16] years of | |
| 20 | 20 | service for which credit is established in the applicable | |
| 21 | 21 | retirement system. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, as amended | |
| 23 | 23 | by this Act, applies to longevity pay payable to a judge or justice | |
| 24 | 24 | after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the date the | |
| 25 | 25 | judge or justice first becomes entitled to longevity pay. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |