By: Muñoz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2168 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the payment date for annuities from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 824.003, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 824.003. WHEN BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, an annuity provided by this chapter is payable for the month in which the person who receives the annuity dies. Monthly annuity payments are generally due to be paid on the last [first] working day of the [each] month [following the month] for which the payment accrues. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. * * * * *