Bill Text: TX HB572 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB572 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB572-Introduced.html
| 89R1241 JCG-D | ||
| By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 572 | |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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. | ||
