By McClendon H.B. No. 28
77R173 GJH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for
1-3 military service.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 813.302(b), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A member eligible to establish military service credit
1-8 is one who:
1-9 (1) [does not receive and is not eligible to receive
1-10 federal retirement payments based on 20 years or more of active
1-11 federal military duty or its equivalent;]
1-12 [(2)] has been released from military duty under
1-13 honorable conditions [not dishonorable]; and
1-14 (2) [(3)] has credit in the retirement system for
1-15 membership service performed after the member's date of release
1-16 from active military duty.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately.