By Bernsen                                             S.B. No. 477
         77R1352 SMJ-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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. Section 823.401(f), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     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.