| 1 | 1 | | 81R11600 SGA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: McClendon H.B. No. 3503 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the participation of certain retirees under the |
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| 8 | 8 | | proportionate retirement program in the Texas Public School |
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| 9 | 9 | | Employees Group Benefits Program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 803.201(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 1575.004(d), Insurance |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, a [A] person's combined service credit is useable only in |
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| 15 | 15 | | determining eligibility for service retirement benefits and may not |
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| 16 | 16 | | be used in determining: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) eligibility for disability retirement benefits, |
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| 18 | 18 | | death benefits, or any type of benefit other than service |
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| 19 | 19 | | retirement benefits; nor |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the amount of any type of benefit. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 1575.004, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d) For purposes of determining the years of service credit |
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| 24 | 24 | | of an individual under Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(1)(B)(ii) who |
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| 25 | 25 | | has at least 15 years of service credit in the Teacher Retirement |
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| 26 | 26 | | System of Texas, all of the individual's combined service credit as |
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| 27 | 27 | | determined under Chapter 803, Government Code, but not to exceed 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | years of credit, shall be considered as if it were credited to the |
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| 29 | 29 | | Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 31 | 31 | | individual without regard to whether the individual retires before, |
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| 32 | 32 | | on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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