By: Solomons, Raymond, Marquez, Homer, H.B. No. 2083
Branch, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to determination of state contributions for participation
by certain junior college employees in the state employees group
benefits program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1551.3111 to read as follows:
Sec. 1551.3111. AMOUNT OF STATE CONTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN
JUNIOR COLLEGE EMPLOYEES. (a) In determining the amount to be
certified under Section 1551.311, the board of trustees shall
include eligible public junior college employees.
(b) For purposes of this section, a public junior college
employee is eligible if the employee is:
(1) otherwise eligible to participate in the group
benefits program; and
(2) an instructional or administrative employee whose
salary may be fully paid from funds appropriated under the General
Appropriations Act, regardless of whether the salary is actually
paid from appropriated funds.
(c) In determining the amount described in Subsection (a),
the number of eligible employees included for each college in each
biennium shall be adjusted in proportion to the change in student
enrollment at each college during the reporting period, except that
a college that experiences a decline in student enrollment may
petition to maintain the number of eligible employees at the same
level as the prior biennium.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.