82R2296 TJS-D
 
  By: Gonzales of Hidalgo H.B. No. 390
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the service retirement annuity for appellate judges
  under the Judicial Retirement System Plan Two.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 839.102, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
  follows:
         (f)  The service retirement annuity of a member qualifying
  for retirement under Section 839.101(a)(4) is the applicable state
  salary under Subsection (a) multiplied by a percentage amount that
  is the sum of 50 percent plus the product of 2.3 percent multiplied
  by the number of years of prior service credit under Subsection (g)
  and subsequent service credit the member accrues under Section
  840.1027.  After including any increase under Subsection (b), the
  service retirement annuity under this subsection may not be an
  amount that is greater than 90 percent of the applicable salary
  under Subsection (a).
         (g)  For purposes of Subsection (f), a member's prior service
  credit is the amount of service credit that the member earned in the
  retirement system prior to serving on an appellate court that is in
  excess of the amount of service credit that the member requires to
  be eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity
  under Section 839.101(a)(4).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a person who retires on or after the effective date of this Act.
  The change in law does not apply to a person who retired before the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.