| 1 | 1 | | 89R1241 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 572 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the purchase of military service credit in the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subdivisions (16-a), (16-b), and (17-a) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (16-a) "State active duty" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 437.001. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (16-b) "State training and other duty" has the meaning |
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| 17 | 17 | | assigned by Section 437.001. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (17-a) "Texas military forces" has the meaning |
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| 19 | 19 | | assigned by Section 437.001. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 813.301(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 21 | 21 | | to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) Military service creditable in the retirement system |
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| 23 | 23 | | is: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the United States; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) state active duty or state training and other duty |
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| 27 | 27 | | as a member of the Texas military forces. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Section 813.304(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 29 | 29 | | to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The retirement system shall use military service credit |
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| 31 | 31 | | in computing service retirement or nonoccupational disability |
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| 32 | 32 | | retirement benefits of a member of the employee class, regardless |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the amount of service credit the member has in that class [only |
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| 34 | 34 | | if the member has, without military service credit, at least five |
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| 35 | 35 | | years of service credit in that class]. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. Section 820.021, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 37 | 37 | | read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 820.021. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE; RULES. (a) |
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| 39 | 39 | | Military service creditable in the retirement system under this |
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| 40 | 40 | | subchapter is: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the United States; or |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) state active duty or state training and other duty |
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| 44 | 44 | | as a member of the Texas military forces. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) The board of trustees shall adopt rules to comply with |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.) and otherwise implement this |
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| 48 | 48 | | subchapter, including rules governing how a member subject to this |
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| 49 | 49 | | chapter may establish military service credit under this |
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| 50 | 50 | | subchapter. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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