| 1 | 1 | | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 2111 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to supplemental benefits to certain annuitants of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 814, Government Code is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Section 814.6031 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 814.6031 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS IN CERTAIN FISCAL |
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| 12 | 12 | | YEARS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, |
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| 13 | 13 | | the retirement system shall make a supplemental payment to a person |
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| 14 | 14 | | whose annuities are described by Section 814.107, 814.207, 814.305, |
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| 15 | 15 | | or 814.601(a) and that are based on service retirements, disability |
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| 16 | 16 | | retirements or deaths in each of the state fiscal years ending |
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| 17 | 17 | | August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011. The supplemental payment paid |
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| 18 | 18 | | under this section shall be equal to one-twelfth of the amount paid |
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| 19 | 19 | | to a person for that fiscal year. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 21 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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