By: Callegari H.B. No. 2444
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of information held by a public
retirement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.0038(h), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) [The retirement system has sole discretion in
determining whether a record is subject to this section.] For
purposes of this section, a record includes any identifying
information about a person, living or deceased, who is or was a
member, annuitant, retiree, beneficiary, alternate payee, program
participant, or person eligible for benefits from the retirement
system under any retirement plan or program administered by the
retirement system.
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, 2013.