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.