| 1 | 1 | | 88R12601 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4324 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the purchase of service credit in the Employees |
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| 8 | 8 | | Retirement System of Texas by members of the Texas military forces. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 813, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 813.300 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 813.300. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "state |
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| 13 | 13 | | active duty," "state training and other duty," and "Texas military |
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| 14 | 14 | | forces" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.001. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 813.301(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 16 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) Military service creditable in the retirement system |
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| 18 | 18 | | is: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces |
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| 20 | 20 | | of the United States; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) state active duty or state training and other |
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| 22 | 22 | | duty, as a member of the Texas military forces. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Section 813.304(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) The retirement system shall use military service credit |
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| 26 | 26 | | in computing service retirement or nonoccupational disability |
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| 27 | 27 | | retirement benefits of a member of the employee class, regardless |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the amount of service credit the member has in that class [only |
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| 29 | 29 | | if the member has, without military service credit, at least five |
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| 30 | 30 | | years of service credit in that class]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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