79R3716 HLT-F

By:  McCall                                                       H.B. No. 617



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to contributions of certain members of the Judicial 
Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 840.102, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (g) and 
(h), each payroll period, a judicial officer who is a member of the 
retirement system is required to contribute six percent of the 
officer's state compensation for the period to the retirement 
system.
	(h)  If a member has served at least two full terms on an 
appellate court and the sum of the member's age and amount of 
service credited in the retirement system equals or exceeds the 
number 70, the member ceases making contributions under this 
section.  A member described by this subsection is considered a 
contributing member for all other purposes under this subtitle.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.