By Carter H.B. No. 1517 74R5140 GCH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to eligibility for retirement and benefits under the Texas 1-3 Municipal Retirement System. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 854.102, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) A member is eligible to retire and receive a service 1-8 retirement annuity if the member has at least 20 years of credited 1-9 service in the retirement system performed for one or more 1-10 municipalities that have adopted a like provision under Section 1-11 854.202(g). 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 854.202, Government Code, is amended by 1-13 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-14 (g) The governing body may authorize a member to retire and 1-15 receive a service retirement benefit if the member has at least 20 1-16 years of credited service performed for one or more municipalities 1-17 that have authorized eligibility under this subsection. 1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.