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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the purchase of service credit in the Employees |
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Retirement System of Texas by members of the Texas military forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 813, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 813.300 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 813.300. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "state |
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active duty," "state training and other duty," and "Texas military |
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forces" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.001. |
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SECTION 2. Section 813.301(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Military service creditable in the retirement system |
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is: |
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(1) active federal duty as a member of the armed forces |
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of the United States; or |
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(2) state active duty or state training and other |
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duty, as a member of the Texas military forces. |
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SECTION 3. Section 813.304(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The retirement system shall use military service credit |
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in computing service retirement or nonoccupational disability |
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retirement benefits of a member of the employee class, regardless |
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of the amount of service credit the member has in that class [only |
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if the member has, without military service credit, at least five |
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years of service credit in that class]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |