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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to longevity pay for certain state judges and justices. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.042, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.042. EXCLUSIONS. The following are not entitled |
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to longevity pay under this subchapter: |
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(1) a member of the legislature; |
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(2) an individual who holds a statewide office that is |
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normally filled by vote of the people, except as provided by Section |
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659.0445; |
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(3) an independent contractor or an employee of an |
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independent contractor; |
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(4) a temporary employee; |
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(5) an officer or employee of a public junior college; |
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(6) an academic employee of a state institution of |
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higher education; or |
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(7) a state employee who retired from state employment |
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on or after June 1, 2005, and who receives an annuity based wholly |
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or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in a |
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public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was |
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credited to the state employee. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.044(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f) and |
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Section 659.0445, the monthly amount of longevity pay is $20 for |
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every two years of lifetime service credit. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 659.0445 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.0445. LONGEVITY PAY FOR STATE JUDGES AND JUSTICES. |
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(a) A judge or justice who receives a salary paid by the state, is a |
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member of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two, and is |
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an active judge, as defined by Section 74.041(a), is entitled to |
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longevity pay as provided by this section. |
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(b) The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section |
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to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled: |
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(1) is $50 for each year of service credited in the |
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retirement system; and |
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(2) is calculated or recalculated and becomes payable |
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beginning with the month following the month in which the judge or |
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justice completes 8, 12, and 16 years of service for which credit is |
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established in the retirement system. |
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SECTION 4. Section 814.103(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard |
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service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected |
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class of membership is an amount equal to the number of years of |
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service credit in that class, times two percent of the state salary, |
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excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445 and as |
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adjusted from time to time, being paid a district judge. |
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SECTION 5. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 835, |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter A, Chapter 835, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 835.0005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 835.0005. DEFINITION. In this subtitle, "state |
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salary" does not include the amount of any longevity pay payable |
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under Section 659.0445. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |