By:  Martinez Fischer                                             H.B. No. 3026



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to contributions to, and benefits payable by, the Judicial 
Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement 
System of Texas Plan Two.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 834.102, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The retirement system shall increase by two percent of 
the amount of the applicable state salary on which an annuity is 
based under Subsection (a) for each year of service credit in excess 
of 20 years performed by a member who has made an election under 
Section 835.101(c).  The resulting annuity may include a 
computation under Subsection (b) but may not exceed 80 percent of 
the salary described by Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.  Section 835.101(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  A member who accrues 20 years of service credit in the 
retirement system ceases making contributions under this section, 
unless the member elects, on a form the retirement system 
prescribes, to continue making contributions for the member's 
entire period of service.  An election under this subsection is 
irrevocable.
	SECTION 3.  Section 839.102, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The retirement system shall increase by two percent of 
the amount of the applicable state salary on which an annuity is 
based under Subsection (a) for each year of service credit in excess 
of 20 years performed by a member who has made an election under 
Section 840.102(g).  The resulting annuity may include a 
computation under Subsection (b) but may not exceed 80 percent of 
the salary described by Subsection (a).
	SECTION 4.  Section 840.102(g), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(g)  A member who accrues 20 years of service credit in the 
retirement system ceases making contributions under this section, 
unless the member elects, on a form the retirement system 
prescribes, to continue making contributions for the member's 
entire period of service.  An election under this subsection is 
irrevocable.  A member who makes an election under this subsection 
[but] is considered a contributing member for all other purposes 
under this subtitle.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to judicial service performed on or after that date.