By Chavez                                             H.B. No. 2396
         77R7781 GJH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to eligibility for retirement and benefits from the Texas
 1-3     County and District Retirement System.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 844.102, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 844.102.  ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY. A
 1-8     member is eligible to apply for and receive a service retirement
 1-9     annuity, if the member:
1-10                 (1)  is at least 60 years old and has at least 12 years
1-11     of credited service in the retirement system;
1-12                 (2)  has at least 30 years of credited service in the
1-13     retirement system; or
1-14                 (3)  has met the eligibility requirements for service
1-15     retirement under Section 844.207, 844.210, [or] 844.211, or
1-16     844.212.
1-17           SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 844, Government Code, is
1-18     amended by adding Section 844.212 to read as follows:
1-19           Sec. 844.212.  OPTIONAL BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY PLAN THREE. (a)
1-20     In this section, "credited service" means credited service
1-21     performed for one or more participating subdivisions that have
1-22     adopted the plan provisions of this section.
1-23           (b)  Subject to Subsection (d), the governing body of a
1-24     participating subdivision may adopt the plan provisions under
 2-1     Subsection (c).
 2-2           (c)  A member is eligible to apply for and receive a service
 2-3     retirement annuity if the member has at least 20 years of credited
 2-4     service in the retirement system.
 2-5           (d)  The governing body of a subdivision may not adopt the
 2-6     plan provisions of Subsection (c) except on the terms provided by
 2-7     Subchapter H.
 2-8           SECTION 3. Section 844.704(d), Government Code, is amended to
 2-9     read as follows:
2-10           (d)  The governing body of a subdivision that has adopted or
2-11     is adopting the plan provisions of this subchapter may adopt:
2-12                 (1)  the alternative optional increase in retirement
2-13     annuities under Section 844.209;
2-14                 (2)  the optional increase in retirement annuities
2-15     under Section 844.208;
2-16                 (3)  the optional authorization of the reestablishment
2-17     of credited service previously forfeited under Section 843.003;
2-18                 (4)  the optional authorization of the establishment of
2-19     credited service for military service under Section 843.601(c);
2-20                 (5)  the optional authorization of the establishment of
2-21     premembership credited service for overage employees under Section
2-22     843.204;
2-23                 (6)  the optional benefit eligibility plan described by
2-24     Section 844.210; [or]
2-25                 (7)  the optional benefit eligibility plan described by
2-26     Section 844.211; or
2-27                 (8)  the optional benefit eligibility plan described by
 3-1     Section 844.212.
 3-2           SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.