1. (a) The provisions of this section apply only to the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two (JRS-II).
2. (b) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit authorized by §838.108, Texas Government Code, as provided in this section. The provisions of §77.15 of this Chapter do not apply to service credit established under this section.

3. (c) A member is eligible to establish service credit under this section in the membership class in which the member holds a position if the member:

   1. (1) has 120 months of service credit for one or more periods of time during which the member held a position as a judge and the required contributions were made;
   2. (2) is a member of the system at the time credit is established; and
   3. (3) is not eligible to establish other credit or service.
4. (d) An eligible member shall deposit with the system in a lump sum a contribution in the amount determined by the system to be the actuarial present value of the benefit attributable to the credit established under this section. The tables recommended by the system's actuary and adopted by the board shall be used by the system to determine the actuarial present value:
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5. (e) Actuarial present value shall be based on:

   1. (1) the member's age on the date of the deposit required by this subsection;
   2. (2) the earliest date on which the member will become eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity after establishing credit under this section; and
   3. (3) the future employment, compensation, investment and retirement benefit assumptions recommended by the actuaries and adopted by the board.
6. (f) Credit shall be established in whole year increments of credit.
7. (g) A member who establishes credit under this section shall certify that the member is not eligible to establish other credit or service and shall waive any and all right to establish such credit or service that the member had on the date of the deposit required by subsection (d) of this section.
8. (h) Credit established under this section may not be used to compute the amount of a disability retirement annuity.
9. (i) A member who withdraws contributions and cancels credit established under this section may not reestablish such credit under §838.102, Texas Government Code, but may again establish credit as provided in this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §77.21 adopted to be effective March 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 2372.