82R8354 SGA-D
By: Strama H.B. No. 1608
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation in and contributions to the state
employee charitable campaign by retired state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.140(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The [Each member of the] state policy committee must:
(1) be composed of employees and retired state
employees receiving benefits under Chapter 814; and
(2) [a state employee. The membership must] represent
employees at different levels of employee classification.
SECTION 2. Section 659.143(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The presiding officer of a local employee committee
shall recruit at least five but not more than 10 additional members.
The members must represent different levels of employee
classification. One or more members may be retired state employees
receiving retirement benefits under Chapter 814.
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 814.009, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 814.009. DEDUCTION FROM ANNUITY FOR STATE EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION.
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 814, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 814.0095 to read as follows:
Sec. 814.0095. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FROM ANNUITY. (a) A
person who receives an annuity under this subchapter may, on a
printed or electronic form filed with the retirement system,
authorize the retirement system to deduct from the person's monthly
annuity payment the amount of a contribution to the state employee
charitable campaign in the manner and for the same purposes for
which a state employee may authorize deductions to that campaign
under Subchapter I, Chapter 659.
(b) An authorization under this section must direct the
board of trustees to deposit the deducted funds with the
comptroller for distribution as required by Section 659.132(g) in
the same manner in which a state employee's deduction is
distributed.
(c) An authorization under this section remains in effect
for the period described by Section 659.137 unless the person
revokes the authorization by giving notice to the board of
trustees.
(d) The retirement system may adopt rules to administer this
section. Any rules adopted must be consistent with the
comptroller's rules related to the state employee charitable
campaign.
SECTION 5. (a) The board of trustees of the Employees
Retirement System of Texas, in cooperation with the comptroller and
the state policy committee established under Section 659.140,
Government Code, as amended by this Act, may adopt rules to
implement Section 814.0095, Government Code, as added by this Act.
(b) The board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System
of Texas by rule shall designate as the date on which annuity
deductions begin under Section 814.0095, Government Code, as added
by this Act, the start date of payroll deductions by state employees
who contribute to the first state employee charitable campaign
conducted in accordance with Subchapter I, Chapter 659, Government
Code, that occurs after the adoption of rules under Subsection (a)
of this section.
SECTION 6. 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, 2011.