Amend SB 1459 on third reading as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill:

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 Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (c), 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, being paid a district judge.

(b)  The standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected class, other than as a member of the legislature, may not exceed at any time 100 percent of the state salary being paid a district judge.

SECTION ____.  Section 814.103(c), Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a member of the legislature who retires as a member of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. A member who retires before that date is subject to the law in effect on the date the member retires, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

(2)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.