Bill Text: TX HB4229 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of certain overtime pay in the computation of benefits for certain law enforcement officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB4229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4229-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 4229 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of certain overtime pay in the | ||
| computation of benefits for certain law enforcement officers in the | ||
| Employees Retirement System of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 811, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 811.0012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 811.0012. COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| OFFICERS. Notwithstanding Sections 811.001(7) and 811.006, | ||
| "compensation" for a law enforcement officer commissioned by the | ||
| Department of Public Safety includes overtime pay the officer earns | ||
| as a result of Section 411.0164. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas who retires | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A member who retires | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in | ||
| effect on the date of the member's retirement, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
