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79R3059 SGA-F

By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 1595



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to retirement benefits for visiting judges.                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 834.102(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The retirement system shall increase by 10 percent of 
the amount of the applicable state salary under Subsection (a) or 
(d) the annuity of a member who on the effective date of retirement:
		(1)  has not been out of judicial office for more than 
one year; or         
		(2)  has served as a visiting judge in this state and 
the first anniversary of the last day of that service has or has not 
occurred.
	SECTION 2.  Section 839.102(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The retirement system shall increase by 10 percent of 
the amount of the applicable state salary under Subsection (a) or 
(c) the annuity of a member who on the effective date of retirement:
		(1)  has not been out of judicial office for more than 
one year;  or        
		(2)  has served as a visiting judge in this state and 
the first anniversary of the last day of that service has or has not 
occurred.
	SECTION 3.  The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall 
recompute the annuities of all persons who retired or received a 
death benefit annuity from the Judicial Retirement System of Texas 
Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two before 
January 1, 2002, as if the changes in law made by Chapter 1240, Acts 
of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to Sections 
834.102(b) and 839.102(b), Government Code, had been in effect on 
the date of the person's retirement or death.  The first payment of 
any annuity increased under this section becomes payable with the 
first payment due on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.