By Merritt                                            H.B. No. 3434
         77R8251 GJH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to member contributions to the Judicial Retirement System
 1-3     of Texas Plan One.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 835.101, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), each [Each] month
 1-9     the payroll officer responsible for paying the state compensation
1-10     of a judicial officer who is a member of the retirement system
1-11     shall deduct from the state compensation of the judicial officer a
1-12     contribution computed at the rate required of a member of the
1-13     employee class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
1-14           (c)  A member who accrues 20 years of service credit in the
1-15     retirement system ceases making contributions under this section.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.