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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of service credit in the Teacher |
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Retirement System of Texas for certain military service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 823.301(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Military [Except as provided by Section 823.101(2), |
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military] service creditable in the retirement system is: |
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(1) active federal duty in the armed forces of the |
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United States, other than as a student at a service academy, that |
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was performed: |
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(A) [(1)] as a direct result of being inducted or |
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of first enlisting for duty on a date when the federal government |
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was actively inducting persons into the armed forces under federal |
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draft laws; |
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(B) [(2)] as a reservist or member of the |
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national guard who was ordered to duty under the authority of |
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federal law; |
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(C) [(3)] during a time when the federal |
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government was actively inducting persons into the armed forces |
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under federal draft laws; or |
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(D) [(4)] as a result of voluntarily entering on |
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active duty; or |
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(2) active military service, as defined by Section |
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437.001, in the Texas National Guard. |
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SECTION 2. Section 823.301(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a member of the Teacher Retirement |
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System of Texas who retires on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |