Bill Text: TX HB4540 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Finance [HB4540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4540-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Finance [HB4540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4540-Introduced.html
By: Longoria | H.B. No. 4540 |
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relating to the state salary for retired judges. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1.On the effective date of this Act, the Employees | ||
Retirement System of Texas shall recompute the annuities of persons | ||
who retired before September 1, 2019, as if the retiree's salary on | ||
the date of retirement was that of a judge or justice who has eight | ||
years and 1 day of service as of September 1, 2019 and is of the same | ||
classification as the last court to which the retiree was elected or | ||
appointed. On the effective date of this Act, the retirement system | ||
shall also recompute the annuities of beneficiaries receiving an | ||
annuity that became payable before that date under Sections 839.301 | ||
or 839.302, Government Code, in the same manner. | ||
SECTION 2. In the event the 88th Legislature enacts | ||
legislation increasing the state salary of district or appellate | ||
judges or justices or authorizes a state salary increase for | ||
district or appellate judges or justices in the General | ||
Appropriations Act, on the effective date of the salary increase, | ||
the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall recompute the | ||
annuities of persons who retired before the effective date of the | ||
salary increase under Sections 839.102 or 839.103, Government Code, | ||
as if the retiree's salary on the date of retirement was that of a | ||
judge or justice who has eight years and 1 day of service and is of | ||
the same classification as the last court to which the retiree was | ||
elected or appointed. On the effective date of a state salary | ||
increase described by this Act, the retirement system shall also | ||
recompute the annuities of beneficiaries receiving an annuity that | ||
became payable before that date under Sections 839.301 or 839.302, | ||
Government Code, in the same manner. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |