Amend SB 1459 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 814.103, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 814.103.  SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR ELECTED CLASS SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number of years of service credit in that class, times two percent of the [state] salary, excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445 and as adjusted from time to time, listed in the General Appropriations Act for the governor [being paid a district judge].

(b)  The standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected class may not exceed at any time 83-1/3 [100] percent of the [state] salary listed in the General Appropriations Act for the governor [being paid a district judge].