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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain credit in the Employees Retirement System of |
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Texas for service in the Texas State Guard. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 813, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 813.510 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 813.510. CREDIT FOR ACCUMULATED TEXAS STATE GUARD |
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SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member who |
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holds a position included in the employee class of membership |
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during the month that includes the effective date of the member's |
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retirement and who retires based on service or a disability is |
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entitled to service credit in the retirement system for the |
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member's hours of volunteer service in the Texas State Guard in the |
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same manner as the member is credited for accumulated sick leave |
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that is unused on the last day of employment. |
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(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules to implement this |
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section, including rules requiring certification of any hours of |
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volunteer service claimed in the Texas State Guard. In making Texas |
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State Guard volunteer service creditable in the same manner as |
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accumulated sick leave, the board is not required to include |
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provisions that grant credit in the manner provided by Section |
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813.509(d) or (e). |
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SECTION 2. Section 813.510, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a person who retires on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A person who retires before the |
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effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the |
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date of the person's retirement, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |