By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 2111
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to supplemental benefits to certain annuitants of the
Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 814, Government Code is amended by
adding Section 814.6031 to read as follows:
Sec. 814.6031 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS IN CERTAIN FISCAL
YEARS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the retirement system shall make a supplemental payment to a person
whose annuities are described by Section 814.107, 814.207, 814.305,
or 814.601(a) and that are based on service retirements, disability
retirements or deaths in each of the state fiscal years ending
August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011. The supplemental payment paid
under this section shall be equal to one-twelfth of the amount paid
to a person for that fiscal year.
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.