2003S0448-1 03/03/03


By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 889


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to service credit in the judicial retirement system for 
visiting state district judges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 75.112, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a senior district court 
judge appointed under this subchapter who is not a retiree of the 
Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial 
Retirement System of Texas Plan Two is not entitled to receive 
service credit in the appropriate retirement system for any month 
in which the judge pays a contribution that is less than the amount 
of monthly contribution paid by a full-time presiding district 
judge.
	(e)  A senior district court judge appointed under this 
subchapter is not considered to have made the monthly contribution 
required in order to receive service credit as provided by 
Subsection (d) until the judge offsets any deficiency described by 
that subsection with a direct payment to the appropriate retirement 
system or through an actual cash reduction of future state salary.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 835, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 835.104 to read as follows:
	Sec. 835.104.  CONTRIBUTIONS FOR VISITING DISTRICT JUDGES.  
(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a visiting or an assigned state 
district judge is not entitled to receive service credit in the 
retirement system for any month in which the judge makes a payroll 
contribution that is less than the amount of payroll contribution 
of a full-time presiding district judge.
	(b)  A visiting or an assigned state district judge is not 
considered to have made the required monthly contribution as 
provided by Section 833.101 until the judge offsets any deficiency 
described under Subsection (a) with a direct payment to the 
retirement system or through an actual cash reduction of future 
state salary.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 840, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 840.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 840.107.  CONTRIBUTIONS FOR VISITING DISTRICT JUDGES.  
(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a visiting or an assigned state 
district judge is not entitled to receive service credit in the 
retirement system for any month in which the judge makes a payroll 
contribution that is less than the amount of payroll contribution 
of a full-time presiding district judge.
	(b)  A visiting or an assigned state district judge is not 
considered to have made the required monthly contribution as 
provided by Section 838.101 until the judge offsets any deficiency 
described under Subsection (a) with a direct payment to the 
retirement system or through an actual cash reduction of future 
state salary.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a monthly payroll contribution made to the Judicial 
Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement 
System of Texas Plan Two on or after that date.