1-1     By:  Ogden                                            S.B. No. 1132
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 7, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 3, 2001,
 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 3; May 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1132              By:  Armbrister
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the retirement benefits of certain law enforcement
1-10     officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 814.107, Government Code,
1-13     is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (b)  The standard service retirement annuity payable for at
1-15     least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial
1-16     officer is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average
1-17     monthly compensation for that service for the 36 highest months of
1-18     compensation, times the sum of the percentage factor used in the
1-19     computation of a standard service retirement annuity under Section
1-20     814.105 plus:
1-21                 (1)  .5 percent for service credit as a custodial
1-22     officer;
1-23                 (2)  .5 percent for service credit as a law enforcement
1-24     officer, unless the member qualifies under Subdivision (3); or
1-25                 (3)  .75 percent for service credit as a law
1-26     enforcement officer, if the total amount of law enforcement service
1-27     credited is 30 years or more and at least three years of that
1-28     service occurs after August 31, 2001.
1-29           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-30           SECTION 3.  The Employees Retirement System of Texas is
1-31     required to implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates
1-32     money specifically for that purpose.  If the legislature does not
1-33     appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the Employees
1-34     Retirement System of Texas may, but is not required to, implement
1-35     this Act using other appropriations available for the purpose.
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