HB245 - Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service.

      By: Wilson H.B. No. 245       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the treatment of military service credit in the   Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or   custodial officer service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as the Tom Garey Act.          SECTION 2.  Section 813.302, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to   read as follows:          (a)  An eligible member may establish service credit or   service credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer in the   retirement system for military service performed that is creditable   as provided by Section 813.301.          (b)  A member eligible to establish military service credit   is one who:                (1)  does not receive and is not eligible to receive   federal retirement payments based on 20 years or more of active   federal military duty;                (2)  has been released from military duty under   conditions not dishonorable; and                (3)  has established service credit in the retirement   system for membership service performed after the member's date of   release from active military duty.           (b-1)     A member is eligible to establish military service   credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer under Subsection   (b) only if the service credit described by Subsection (b)(3)   includes credit in the retirement system for membership service   performed as a law enforcement or custodial officer.          SECTION 3.  Section 813.505(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  A member claiming credit in the employee class for   military service not previously established shall, for each month   of the service, pay a contribution in an amount equal to [ the   greater of ]:                (1)   if claiming service credit, other than service   credit as a law enforcement or custodial officer, the amount that   the member contributed for the first full month of membership   service , other than service as a law enforcement or custodial   officer, that is after the member's date of release from active   military duty and that is credited in the retirement system; or                (2)   if claiming service credit as a law enforcement or   custodial officer, the amount that the member contributed for the   first full month of membership service as a law enforcement or   custodial officer that is after the member's date of release from   active military duty and that is credited in the retirement system   [ $18 ].          SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas   that is established on or after the effective date of this Act.   Military service credit in that retirement system that is   established before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect on the date the military service credit was   established, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.