1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for
 1-3     certain out-of-state service.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 823.401, Government Code,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (f)  The amount of service credit a member may establish
 1-8     under this section may not exceed the lesser of the number of years
 1-9     of membership service credit the member has in the retirement
1-10     system for actual service in public schools or 15 [10] years.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 477 passed the Senate on
         March 22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 477 passed the House on
         May 17, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
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                    Governor