Bill Text: TX SB48 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the service retirement annuity for certain members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who resume service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB48 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB48-Introduced.html
86R1838 TSR-D | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 48 |
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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. Section 837.102, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies to a retiree of the Judicial Retirement System of | ||
Texas Plan Two who resumes service as a judicial officer before, on, | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |