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78R2462 SGA-D

By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1482



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the retirement benefits of certain law enforcement 
officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 814.107(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The standard service retirement annuity payable for at 
least 20 years of service credit as a law enforcement or custodial 
officer is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average 
monthly compensation for that service for the 36 highest months of 
compensation, times the sum of the percentage factor used in the 
computation of a standard service retirement annuity under Section 
814.105 plus:
		(1)  .5 percent for service credit as a custodial 
officer;    
		(2)  .5 percent for service credit as a law enforcement 
officer, unless the member qualifies under Subdivision (3); or
		(3)  .75 percent for service credit as a law 
enforcement officer, if the total amount of law enforcement service 
credited is 30 years or more and at least three years of that 
service occurs after August 31, 2003.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.