88R7621 KFF-D
By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 4653
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation in a deferred retirement option plan by
members of the retirement systems for police and fire fighters in
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.14(c), Article 6243a-1, Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Each month after a member has made an election to
participate in the DROP and indicated a desire to receive a
retirement pension under Sections 6.01(b) and (c), Section 6.01(e),
or Section 6.02(b), (c), (d), or (e) of this article, whichever is
applicable, and through the month before the month in which the
member leaves active service, an amount equal to the retirement
pension the member would have received under the applicable
subsection for that month if the member had left active service and
been granted a retirement pension by the board on the effective date
of DROP participation shall be credited to a separate DROP account
maintained within the fund for the benefit of the member. Amounts
held in the DROP account of a member shall be credited at the end of
each calendar month. Notwithstanding this section, effective
January 1, 2018, a member on active service who has 20 [10] years or
more of participation in DROP shall no longer have the amount of the
member's retirement pension credited to the member's DROP account
while the member is on active service.
SECTION 2. Section 6.14(c), Article 6243a-1, Revised
Statutes, as amended by this Act, applies to a member who
participates in the deferred retirement option plan established
under that section regardless of whether the member began
participation in the plan before, on, or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.