87(R) SB 321 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

	S.B.  No.  321

	AN ACT
	relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration
	of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 803.202, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)    A member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas who
	is subject to Chapter 820 is eligible to participate in the program
	provided by this chapter.
	SECTION  2.    Chapter 805, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 805.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec.  805.0015.    APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
	to a member of the employees retirement system who is subject to
	Chapter 820.
	SECTION  3.    Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivision (5-a) and amending Subdivision (16) to read as
	follows:
	(5-a)    "Cash balance group member" means a member
	subject to Chapter 820.
	(16)    "Service credit" means the amount of membership
	and, if applicable, military service ascribed to a person's account
	in the retirement system for which all required contributions have
	been made to, and are being held by, the retirement system.
	SECTION  4.    Section 812.101(c), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)    For a law enforcement or custodial officer, the
	withdrawal of accumulated contributions under Subsection (a)
	includes all of the officer's contributions made under Section
	815.402(h) or 820.101(b), as applicable.
	SECTION  5.    Section 813.001, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec.  813.001.    TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. The types of
	service creditable in the retirement system are membership service
	and, if applicable, military service[,] and equivalent membership
	service.
	SECTION  6.    Subchapter A, Chapter 813, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 813.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec.  813.0015.    PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CASH BALANCE GROUP
	MEMBERS. The following provisions of this chapter do not apply to a
	cash balance group member:
	(1)    Sections 813.102, 813.104, 813.106, 813.202,
	813.402, 813.403, 813.404, 813.502, 813.504, 813.505, 813.506,
	813.509, 813.511, 813.513, and 813.514; and
	(2)    Subchapter D.
	SECTION  7.    Section 813.401, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec.  813.401.    SERVICE CREDITABLE IN ELECTED CLASS. Service
	creditable in the elected class of membership is:
	(1)    membership service in an office included in that
	class; and
	(2)    for members other than cash balance group members:
	(A)    military service established as provided by
	Subchapter D; and
	(B)  [(3)]    equivalent membership service
	specifically made creditable in that class.
	SECTION  8.    Section 814.009(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)    A person who receives an annuity under this subtitle
	[subchapter] may, on a form prescribed by and filed with the
	retirement system, authorize the retirement system to deduct from
	the person's monthly annuity payment the amount of a fee for the
	person's membership in a state employee organization that:
	(1)    is a certified eligible state employee
	organization under Section 403.0165; or
	(2)    has at least 2,500 retirees as members on January 1
	preceding the fiscal year for which the deduction is made.
	SECTION  9.    Section 814.0095(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)    Except as provided by Section 814.0096(c), a person who
	receives an annuity under this subtitle [subchapter] may, on a
	printed or electronic form filed with the retirement system,
	authorize the retirement system to deduct from the person's monthly
	annuity payment the amount of a contribution to the state employee
	charitable campaign in the manner and for the same purposes for
	which a state employee may authorize deductions to that campaign
	under Subchapter I, Chapter 659.
	SECTION  10.    Subchapter B, Chapter 814, Government Code, is