By: Leach (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2779          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;   May 16, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;   May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 16, Nays 0; May 21, 2023,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2779 By:  Huffman     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the compensation and retirement benefits of certain   elected state officials.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.012(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base   salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual   salary from the state in the amount equal to:                (1)  110 percent of the state base salary paid in   accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's   position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge   or justice accrues four years of:                      (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial   Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement   System of Texas Plan Two;                      (B)  service as a judge of a statutory county   court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate   court; or                      (C)  combined contributing service credit and   service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); [and]                (2)  120 percent of the state base salary paid in   accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's   position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge   or justice accrues eight years of:                      (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial   Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement   System of Texas Plan Two;                      (B)  service as a judge of a statutory county   court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate   court; or                      (C)  combined contributing service credit and   service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and                (3)  130 percent of the state base salary paid in   accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's   position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge   or justice accrues 12 years of:                      (A)  contributing service credit in the Judicial   Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement   System of Texas Plan Two;                      (B)  service as a judge of a statutory county   court, multicounty statutory county court, or statutory probate   court; or                      (C)  combined contributing service credit and   service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B).          SECTION 2.  Section 659.0445(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The monthly amount of longevity pay under this section   to which a judge or justice described by Subsection (a) is entitled:                (1)  is equal to the product of 0.05 multiplied by the   amount of the judge's or justice's current monthly state salary; and                (2)  becomes payable beginning with the month following   the month in which the judge or justice completes 14 [12] years of   service for which credit is established in the applicable   retirement system.          SECTION 3.  Sections 814.103(a) and (a-1), Government Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), the   standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the   elected class of membership is an amount equal to the number of   years of service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of the   state base salary, excluding longevity pay payable under Section   659.0445 [and as adjusted from time to time], being paid to a   district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in   accordance with Section 659.012(a).          (a-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the standard   service retirement annuity for service credited in the elected   class of membership for a member of the class under Section   812.002(a)(3) whose effective date of retirement is on or after   September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to the number of years of   service credit in that class, times 2.3 percent of the state salary,   excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445 [and as   adjusted from time to time], being paid in accordance with Section   659.012 to a district judge who has the same number of years of   contributing service credit as the member on the member's last day   of service as a district or criminal district attorney, as   applicable.          SECTION 4.  Section 834.102(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The base service retirement annuity for a person whose   effective date of retirement is:                (1)  before September 1, 2019, is an amount equal to 50   percent of the state base salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]   being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(a) to a judge of a   court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree   last served before retirement; or                (2)  on or after September 1, 2019, is an amount equal   to 50 percent of the state salary[, as adjusted from time to time,]   being paid in accordance with Section 659.012(b)(2) to a judge of a   court of the same classification as the court on which the retiree   last served before retirement.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *