1-1     By:  Brown                                              S.B. No. 82
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed December 7, 1998; January 26, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     May 13, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 82                     By:  Brown
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of
1-11     Texas Plan Two.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 839.102,
1-14     Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-15           (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the
1-16     standard service retirement annuity is an amount equal to 50
1-17     percent of the state salary, as adjusted from time to time, being
1-18     paid [at the time the member retires] to a judge of a court of the
1-19     same classification as the last court to which the retiring member
1-20     was elected or appointed.
1-21           (c)  The standard service retirement annuity of a person
1-22     qualifying for retirement under Section 839.101(b) is an amount
1-23     computed as a percentage of the state salary, as adjusted from time
1-24     to time, being paid [at the time the member retires] to a judge of
1-25     a court of the same classification as the last court to which the
1-26     retiring member was elected or appointed, according to the
1-27     following schedule:
1-28          age at retirement           percentage of state salary
1-29     at least 60 but less than 61         40     percent
1-30     at least 61 but less than 62         41.7   percent
1-31     at least 62 but less than 63         43.6   percent
1-32     at least 63 but less than 64         45.6   percent
1-33     at least 64 but less than 65         47.7   percent.
1-34           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, if
1-35     the comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas
1-36     determines, after consultation with the actuary for the Employees
1-37     Retirement System of Texas, that implementation of the change in
1-38     law made by this Act would not necessitate additional state
1-39     contributions for the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two
1-40     to remain in compliance with Section 840.106, Government Code.  The
1-41     comptroller may also make the determination earlier, in which case
1-42     the effective date of this Act is the date of the earlier
1-43     determination.  If the comptroller makes a determination under this
1-44     subsection, the comptroller shall file notice of the determination
1-45     with the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register.
1-46           (b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 839.102,
1-47     Government Code, applies to all annuities that become payable under
1-48     Subtitle E, Title 8, Government Code, on or after the effective
1-49     date of this Act.
1-50           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-51     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-52     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-53     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-54     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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