89R1241 JCG-D
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase of military service credit in the
Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subdivisions (16-a), (16-b), and (17-a) to read as follows:
(16-a) "State active duty" has the meaning assigned by
Section 437.001.
(16-b) "State training and other duty" has the meaning
assigned by Section 437.001.
(17-a) "Texas military forces" has the meaning
assigned by Section 437.001.
SECTION 2. Section 813.301(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Military service creditable in the retirement system
is:
(1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces
of the United States; or
(2) state active duty or state training and other duty
as a member of the Texas military forces.
SECTION 3. Section 813.304(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The retirement system shall use military service credit
in computing service retirement or nonoccupational disability
retirement benefits of a member of the employee class, regardless
of the amount of service credit the member has in that class [only
if the member has, without military service credit, at least five
years of service credit in that class].
SECTION 4. Section 820.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 820.021. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE; RULES. (a)
Military service creditable in the retirement system under this
subchapter is:
(1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces
of the United States; or
(2) state active duty or state training and other duty
as a member of the Texas military forces.
(b) The board of trustees shall adopt rules to comply with
the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of
1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.) and otherwise implement this
subchapter, including rules governing how a member subject to this
chapter may establish military service credit under this
subchapter.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.