By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 1518


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to retirement eligibility and benefits for law enforcement 
or custodial officers under the Employees Retirement System of 
Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 814.107(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  The standard combined service retirement annuity that 
is payable under this section is based on retirement on or after the 
attainment of the normal retirement age, which for purposes of this 
section is the earliest [earlier] of [either] the age of 50, [or] 
the age at which the sum of the member's age and amount of service 
credit in the employee class equals the number 80, or the age at 
which the member attains 25 years of service credit in the employee 
class.  A law enforcement or custodial officer who retires before 
attaining the normal retirement age is entitled to an annuity that 
is actuarially reduced from the annuity available at the normal 
retirement age to the law enforcement or custodial officer service 
credit annuity amount available at the sum of the member's age and 
amount of employee class service credit.  The annuity is payable 
from the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental 
retirement fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a law enforcement or custodial officer under 
Section 814.107, Government Code, as amended by this Act, who 
applies for retirement with an effective date of retirement that is 
on or after September 1, 2003.