| 1 | 1 | | By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 3754 |
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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 the insurance code to include members of a junior |
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| 7 | 7 | | college board. |
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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. Section 1551.101, Insurance Code is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsections (c) and (d) and amending Subsection (e) as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1551.101. PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY: STATE OFFICERS |
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| 13 | 13 | | AND EMPLOYEES. (a) An elected or appointed officer or employee |
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| 14 | 14 | | who performs service, other than as an independent contractor, for |
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| 15 | 15 | | this state, including an institution of higher education, and who |
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| 16 | 16 | | is described by this section is eligible to participate in the group |
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| 17 | 17 | | benefits program as an employee on the date specified by Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1551.1055. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) An individual is eligible to participate in the group |
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| 20 | 20 | | benefits program as provided by Subsection (a) if the individual |
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| 21 | 21 | | receives compensation for service performed for this state pursuant |
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| 22 | 22 | | to a payroll certified by a state agency, other than an institution |
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| 23 | 23 | | of higher education, or by an elected or appointed officer of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | state, including a payment made from: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) an amount appropriated by the legislature from a |
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| 26 | 26 | | state fund; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) a trust fund held by the comptroller; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) money paid under the official budget of a state |
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| 29 | 29 | | agency, other than money appropriated under a general |
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| 30 | 30 | | appropriations act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) In addition to those covered in Subsection (a) and (b) |
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| 32 | 32 | | an individual who is a member of the governing body of a public |
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| 33 | 33 | | junior college; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) A member of a junior college board will be responsible |
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| 35 | 35 | | for payment of the benefits premium at the group rate of junior |
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| 36 | 36 | | college employees. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (e) An individual is eligible to participate in the group |
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| 38 | 38 | | benefits program as provided by Subsection (a) if the individual |
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| 39 | 39 | | receives compensation for service performed for an institution of |
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| 40 | 40 | | higher education pursuant to a payroll certified by an institution |
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| 41 | 41 | | of higher education or by an elected or appointed officer of this |
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| 42 | 42 | | state, or is a member of the governing board of a public junior |
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| 43 | 43 | | college; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) is eligible to become a member of the Teacher |
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| 45 | 45 | | Retirement System of Texas after any waiting period provided by law |
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| 46 | 46 | | before membership in that retirement system; or |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) is employed at least 20 hours a week and is not |
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| 48 | 48 | | permitted to be a member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
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| 49 | 49 | | because the individual is employed by an institution of higher |
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| 50 | 50 | | education only in a position that as a condition of employment |
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| 51 | 51 | | requires the individual to be enrolled as a student in the |
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| 52 | 52 | | institution in graduate-level courses. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 54 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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