87R8549 KFF-D
 
  By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1071
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to disability retirement benefits for certain peace
  officers under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 814.207(e), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  If a retiring member or retiree under this section
  presents evidence satisfactory to the retirement system that the
  person's occupational disability makes the person incapable of
  substantial gainful activity solely because of the disability and
  is considered a total disability under federal social security law,
  the retirement system shall increase the person's occupational
  disability retirement annuity to a monthly amount computed based on
  the maximum salary authorized under Schedule C of the position
  classification salary schedule prescribed by the General
  Appropriations Act, as adjusted from time to time [100 percent of
  the officer's average monthly compensation].
         SECTION 2.  (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
  the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall recompute an annuity
  that first became payable before September 1, 2021, as though
  Section 814.207(e), Government Code, as amended by this Act, was in
  effect on the date the increased annuity first became payable.
         (b)  The first payment of an annuity recomputed under
  Subsection (a) of this section is payable on the first payment date
  occurring on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.