HB572 - Relating to the purchase of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

  89R1241 JCG-D     By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 572       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the purchase of military service credit in the   Employees Retirement System of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 811.001, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subdivisions (16-a), (16-b), and (17-a) to read as follows:                 (16-a)     "State active duty" has the meaning assigned by   Section 437.001.                 (16-b)     "State training and other duty" has the meaning   assigned by Section 437.001.                 (17-a)     "Texas military forces" has the meaning   assigned by Section 437.001.          SECTION 2.  Section 813.301(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Military service creditable in the retirement system   is :                 (1)   active federal duty as a member of the armed forces   of the United States ; or                 (2)     state active duty or state training and other duty   as a member of the Texas military forces .          SECTION 3.  Section 813.304(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The retirement system shall use military service credit   in computing service retirement or nonoccupational disability   retirement benefits of a member of the employee class , regardless   of the amount of service credit the member has in that class [ only   if the member has, without military service credit, at least five   years of service credit in that class ].          SECTION 4.  Section 820.021, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 820.021.  CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE ; RULES .   (a)     Military service creditable in the retirement system under this   subchapter is:                   (1)     active federal duty as a member of the armed forces   of the United States; or                   (2)     state active duty or state training and other duty   as a member of the Texas military forces.           (b)   The board of trustees shall adopt rules to comply with   the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of   1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.) and otherwise implement this   subchapter , including rules governing how a member subject to this   chapter may establish military service credit under this   subchapter.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.