bill counting state military duty toward state retirement credit

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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.