TITLE: Relating to the eligibility of an elected class member for a service retirement annuity.

SUMMARY: Relating to the eligibility of an elected class member for a service retirement annuity.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the eligibility of an elected class member for a service retirement annuity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 814.102, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 814.102. LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF ELECTED MEMBERS FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT. (a) Except as provided by rule adopted under Section 813.304(d) or Section 803.202(a)(2), a member who has service credit in the elected class of membership for service performed before September 1, 2013,is eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity if the member: (1) is at least 60 years old and has 8 years of service credit in that class; or (2) is at least 50 years old and has 12 years of service credit in that class. (b) A person who first becomes eligible to be a member of the legislature on or after September 1, 2013, is not eligible to receive an elected class service retirement annuity. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.