TITLE: Relating to longevity pay for certain judges and justices.

SUMMARY: Relating to longevity pay for certain judges and justices.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to longevity pay for certain judges and justices. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled: (1) is equal to the product of.2 percent [.031 multiplied by the amount] of the judge's or justice's current monthly state salary multiplied by the number of years of service credited to the judge or justice in the applicable retirement system;and (2) becomes payable beginning with the month following the month in which the judge or justice completes four [16] years of service for which credit is established in the applicable retirement system. SECTION 2. Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies to longevity pay payable to a judge or justice after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the date the judge or justice first becomes entitled to longevity pay. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.