By Chisum H.B. No. 498 77R1935 SGA-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 service as a peace officer. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 813.513 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 813.513. PREVIOUS PEACE OFFICER SERVICE. (a) An 1-8 eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement 1-9 system for previous service performed as a peace officer: 1-10 (1) licensed by the Commission on Law Enforcement 1-11 Officer Standards and Education or not required to be licensed by 1-12 that commission; and 1-13 (2) commissioned by a municipal police department or 1-14 county sheriff's office in this state. 1-15 (b) A member eligible to establish credit under this section 1-16 is one who: 1-17 (1) is a contributing member as a law enforcement or 1-18 custodial officer; and 1-19 (2) applies for credit under this section before the 1-20 second anniversary of the date the member becomes a law enforcement 1-21 or custodial officer. 1-22 (c) A member may establish credit under this section by 1-23 depositing with the retirement system for each month of service 1-24 claimed: 2-1 (1) a contribution computed on the member's 2-2 compensation for the service as a peace officer at the combined 2-3 rates required of the state and employee members of the retirement 2-4 system at the time the service was performed; and 2-5 (2) interest on the amount determined under 2-6 Subdivision (1) computed on the basis of the state fiscal year at 2-7 an annual rate of 10 percent from the date the service was 2-8 performed to the date of deposit. 2-9 (d) The amount of service credit a member may establish 2-10 under this section may not be less than 24 months and may not 2-11 exceed 60 months of service credit under this section. Credit 2-12 established under this section is used in computing the amount of 2-13 an annuity under this subtitle but may not be used to meet a 2-14 minimum service requirement for an annuity. Credit may be 2-15 established under this section by a lump-sum payment or by payments 2-16 authorized by Section 813.104. Credit may not be established under 2-17 this section for service that is currently credited in another 2-18 public retirement system. 2-19 (e) The state is not required to make contributions for 2-20 service established under this section. 2-21 (f) The retirement system may require applicants for credit 2-22 under this section to submit any information the system considers 2-23 necessary to determine eligibility for credit, the amount of 2-24 credit, or the amounts of required contributions. 2-25 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 813.513(b)(2), Government 2-26 Code, as added by this Act, a person who on the effective date of 2-27 this Act has been a member of the Employees Retirement System of 3-1 Texas as a law enforcement or custodial officer for two years or 3-2 more may apply for service credit under Section 813.513, Government 3-3 Code, as added by this Act, before January 1, 2002. 3-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.