A few of Texas’ most veteran lawmakers may have seen their part-time legislative compensation skyrocket from $7,200 to nearly $150,000 annually, thanks to a law passed quietly at the end of the 2021 legislative session.
Lawmakers with more than 43 years of service are now eligible to collect an annual pension payment of $140,000 from the Employees Retirement System of Texas without having to leave office — supplementing their meager salaries in a practice commonly referred to as double dipping.
