By Longoria H.B. No. 245
75R952 GCH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eligibility for service retirement from the Judicial
1-3 Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement
1-4 System of Texas Plan Two.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 834.101, Government Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 834.101. Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity.
1-9 (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a base service
1-10 retirement annuity if:
1-11 (1) the member:
1-12 (A) [(1)] is at least 65 years old[, currently
1-13 holds a judicial office,] and has at least eight [10] years of
1-14 service credited in the retirement system[, the most recently
1-15 performed of which was for a continuous period of at least one
1-16 year;]
1-17 [(2) is at least 65 years old and has at least 12
1-18 years of service, continuous or otherwise, credited in the
1-19 retirement system, regardless of whether the member currently holds
1-20 a judicial office]; or
1-21 (B) [(3)] has at least 18 [20] years of service
1-22 credited in the retirement system, the most recently performed of
1-23 which was for a continuous period of at least 10 years, regardless
1-24 of whether the member currently holds a judicial office; or
2-1 (2) the sum of the member's age and service credit
2-2 equals or exceeds the number 75.
2-3 (b) A member who meets service requirements provided by
2-4 Subsection (a)(1)(A) [or (a)(2)] is eligible to retire and receive
2-5 a service retirement annuity actuarially reduced as provided by
2-6 Section 834.102(d) from the standard service retirement annuity, if
2-7 the member is at least 60 years old.
2-8 (c) A member's resignation from a judicial office before
2-9 applying for an annuity does not make the member ineligible for the
2-10 annuity [unless the member applies for an annuity under Subsection
2-11 (a)(1)].
2-12 SECTION 2. Section 839.101, Government Code, is amended to
2-13 read as follows:
2-14 Sec. 839.101. Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity.
2-15 (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a service
2-16 retirement annuity if:
2-17 (1) the member:
2-18 (A) [(1)] is at least 65 years old[, currently
2-19 holds a judicial office,] and has at least eight [10] years of
2-20 service credited in the retirement system[, the most recently
2-21 performed of which was for a continuous period of at least one
2-22 year;]
2-23 [(2) is at least 65 years old and has at least 12
2-24 years of service, continuous or otherwise, credited in the
2-25 retirement system, regardless of whether the member currently holds
2-26 a judicial office]; or
2-27 (B) [(3)] has at least 20 years of service
3-1 credited in the retirement system, the most recently performed of
3-2 which was for a continuous period of at least 10 years, regardless
3-3 of whether the member currently holds a judicial office; or
3-4 (2) the sum of the member's age and service credit
3-5 equals or exceeds the number 75.
3-6 (b) A member who meets service requirements provided by
3-7 Subsection (a)(1)(A) [or (a)(2)] is eligible to retire and receive
3-8 a service retirement annuity actuarially reduced as provided by
3-9 Section 839.102(c) from the standard service retirement annuity, if
3-10 the member is at least 60 years old.
3-11 (c) A member's resignation from a judicial office before
3-12 applying for an annuity does not make the member ineligible for the
3-13 annuity [unless the member applies for an annuity under Subsection
3-14 (a)(1)].
3-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-16 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.