1-1     By:  Wentworth                                         S.B. No. 838
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 1999; March 4, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 3, 1999,
 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 3, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 838                By:  Wentworth
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to service credit in the Judicial Retirement System of
1-10     Texas Plan Two.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 838, Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 838.106 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 838.106.  CREDIT FOR YEAR IN WHICH ELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE.
1-15     (a)  A contributing member may establish service credit in the
1-16     retirement system for any calendar year during any part of which
1-17     the member held an office included in the membership of the system.
1-18           (b)  A member may establish credit under this section by
1-19     depositing with the retirement system a contribution computed for
1-20     each month of credit claimed at the rate of six percent of the
1-21     member's current monthly compensation, plus, if the member does not
1-22     establish the credit before the first anniversary of the date of
1-23     first eligibility, interest computed on the basis of the state
1-24     fiscal year at an annual rate of 10 percent from the date of first
1-25     eligibility to the date of deposit.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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