By Ogden                                              S.B. No. 1132
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the retirement benefits of certain law enforcement and
 1-3     custodial officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 814.107(b), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The standard service retirement annuity payable for at
 1-8     least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial
 1-9     officer is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average
1-10     monthly compensation for that service for the 36 highest months of
1-11     compensation, times the sum of the percentage factor used in the
1-12     computation of a standard service retirement annuity under Section
1-13     814.105 plus:
1-14                 (1)  .5 percent if less than 30 years of service credit
1-15     as a law enforcement or custodial officer; or
1-16                 (2)  .75 percent if 30 years or more of service credit
1-17     as a law enforcement or custodial officer.
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.