85R634 TSR-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 45
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the service retirement annuity for certain members of
  the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who resume
  service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 837.102, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A retiree who resumes service as a judicial officer
  other than by appointment or assignment described in Section
  837.101 may not rejoin or receive credit in the retirement system
  for the resumed service, unless an election is made as provided by
  Subsection (e).
         (e)  A retiree described by Subsection (a) may elect to
  rejoin and receive service credit in the retirement system for
  resuming service as a judicial officer if, before taking the oath of
  office, the retiree has been separated from judicial service for at
  least 12 full consecutive months. The retiree shall provide notice
  of the election to the retirement system in a manner prescribed by
  the retirement system.
         (f)  Notwithstanding Section 840.106, for a retiree who
  makes an election under Subsection (e), on the resumption of
  annuity payments that have been suspended under this section, the
  retirement system shall recompute the service retirement annuity of
  the retiree to include the retiree's additional service credit. On
  retirement from the retiree's subsequent service, the retiree may
  elect a service retirement annuity as if the retiree were retiring
  for the first time.
         (g)  If a retiree under Subsection (f) elects an optional
  service retirement annuity payable under Section 839.103(a)(3) or
  (4), the retirement system shall reduce the number of months of
  payments by the number of months for which the annuity was paid
  before the retiree resumed service. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.