84R2487 SGA-D
By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 576
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas to certain bus drivers who return to
work.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution:
(1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the
daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the
retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a
total of 90 days in the school year;
(2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for the month;
(3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time
basis, if the retiree has been separated from service with all Texas
public educational institutions for at least 12 full consecutive
months after the retiree's effective date of retirement; [or]
(4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the
school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree; or
(5) as a bus driver for a school district on as much as
a full-time basis, if:
(A) the retiree has retired under Section
824.202(a), (a-1), or (a-2);
(B) the retiree's primary employment is as a bus
driver; and
(C) for at least 12 full consecutive months after
the retiree's effective date of retirement, the retiree has not
worked as a bus driver with a school district on more than a
one-half-time basis.
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, 2015.