By Wentworth S.B. No. 1664 77R7242 GJH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the retirement eligibility of certain classroom 1-3 teachers in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 824.202, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) For the sole purpose of determining retirement 1-8 eligibility under Subsection (a)(4), the retirement system shall 1-9 consider for a member who has at least 20 years of service credit 1-10 as a classroom teacher up to two years of service performed as a 1-11 participant in the optional retirement program under Chapter 830 as 1-12 if it were service for which credit is established in the 1-13 retirement system. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.