86R6562 TSR-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 2227
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to preventing the loss of benefits by certain retirees of
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 824.602, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (c) and 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.
(c) An exception provided by Subsection (a)(2) or (4)
continues to apply to a retiree who exceeds a limitation prescribed
by the subsection because of an event or other circumstance that is
beyond the retiree's control, including a weather-related event.
The board of trustees shall adopt rules necessary to implement this
subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 824.602, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a benefit payment made by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas that becomes payable on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.