By Armbrister S.B. No. 772
75R5777 GCH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eligibility for retirement from the Judicial Retirement
1-3 System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas
1-4 Plan Two.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 834.101(a), Government Code, is amended
1-7 to read as follows:
1-8 (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a base
1-9 service retirement annuity if the member:
1-10 (1) is at least 65 years old, currently holds a
1-11 judicial office, and has at least 10 years of service credited in
1-12 the retirement system[, the most recently performed of which was
1-13 for a continuous period of at least one year];
1-14 (2) is at least 65 years old and has at least 12 years
1-15 of service[, continuous or otherwise,] credited in the retirement
1-16 system, regardless of whether the member currently holds a judicial
1-17 office; or
1-18 (3) has at least 20 years of service credited in the
1-19 retirement system, [the most recently performed of which was for a
1-20 continuous period of at least 10 years,] regardless of whether the
1-21 member currently holds a judicial office.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 839.101(a), Government Code, is amended
1-23 to read as follows:
1-24 (a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a service
2-1 retirement annuity if the member:
2-2 (1) is at least 65 years old, currently holds a
2-3 judicial office, and has at least 10 years of service credited in
2-4 the retirement system[, the most recently performed of which was
2-5 for a continuous period of at least one year];
2-6 (2) is at least 65 years old and has at least 12 years
2-7 of service[, continuous or otherwise,] credited in the retirement
2-8 system, regardless of whether the member currently holds a judicial
2-9 office; or
2-10 (3) has at least 20 years of service credited in the
2-11 retirement system, [the most recently performed of which was for a
2-12 continuous period of at least 10 years,] regardless of whether the
2-13 member currently holds a judicial office.
2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-15 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.