By: Duncan S.R. No. 1067
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
Senate Bill 1458 (contributions to, benefits from, and the
administration of systems and programs administered by the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas) to consider and take action
on the following matters:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 824.702(c),
Government Code, to read as follows:
(c) If the annuitant:
(1) is a retiree, or is a beneficiary under an
optional retirement payment plan, to be eligible for the
adjustment under this section:
(A) the annuitant must be living on the
effective date of the adjustment; and
(B) the effective date of the retirement of
the member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas must have
been on or before August 31, 2004;
(2) is a beneficiary under Section 824.402(a)(3) or
(4) or 824.502, to be eligible for the adjustment:
(A) the annuitant must be living on the
effective date of the adjustment; and
(B) the date of death of the member of the
retirement system must have been on or before August 31, 2004; or
(3) is an alternate payee under Section 804.005, the
annuitant is eligible for the adjustment only if the effective
date of the election to receive the annuity payment was on or
before August 31, 2004.
Explanation: The change is necessary to ensure that the
date used to determine eligibility for a cost-of-living
adjustment across different categories of annuitants under
Section 824.702, Government Code, is August 31, 2004, instead of
August 31, 1999.
(2) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit
the committee to change, alter, or amend text and to add text on a
matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 15 of the bill,
the effective date provision of the bill, to read as follows:
SECTION 15. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2014.
(b) Section 824.702, Government Code, as added by this
Act, Section 825.402, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
and the repeal by this Act of Section 1579.103, Insurance Code,
take effect September 1, 2013.
Explanation: The change in the effective date provision
is a technical change necessary to ensure that Section 824.702,
Government Code, adding a cost-of-living adjustment for certain
annuitants under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, takes
effect in time to provide the adjustment provided for under that
section.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 25, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate