| 1 | 1 | | 86R3358 TSR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 953 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain contributions by an open-enrollment charter |
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| 8 | 8 | | school to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 825.405, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b), (e), and (f) |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-1) For members who are employed by an open-enrollment |
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| 14 | 14 | | charter school and who would be entitled to a minimum salary under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 21.402, Education Code, if employed by a school district, |
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| 16 | 16 | | the charter school shall pay the state's contribution on the |
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| 17 | 17 | | portion of the member's salary that exceeds the applicable |
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| 18 | 18 | | statutory minimum salary under that section. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) For purposes of Subsection (a) [this section]: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the statutory minimum salary for certain school |
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| 21 | 21 | | personnel under Section 21.402, Education Code, is the salary |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by that section multiplied by the cost of education |
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| 23 | 23 | | adjustment applicable under Section 42.102, Education Code, to the |
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| 24 | 24 | | district in which the member is employed; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) the statutory minimum salary for members who would |
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| 26 | 26 | | have been entitled to the minimum salary for certain school |
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| 27 | 27 | | personnel under former Section 16.056, Education Code, as that |
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| 28 | 28 | | section existed on January 1, 1995, is a minimum salary computed in |
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| 29 | 29 | | the same manner as the minimum salary for certain school personnel |
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| 30 | 30 | | under Section 21.402, Education Code, multiplied by the cost of |
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| 31 | 31 | | education adjustment applicable under Section 42.102, Education |
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| 32 | 32 | | Code, to the district in which the member is employed. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (e) After the end of each school year, the retirement system |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall certify to the commissioner of education: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) the names of any employers [employing districts] |
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| 36 | 36 | | that have failed to remit, within the period required by Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 825.408, all contributions required under this section for the |
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| 38 | 38 | | school year; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) the amounts of the unpaid contributions. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (f) If the commissioner of education receives a |
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| 41 | 41 | | certification under Subsection (e), the commissioner shall direct |
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| 42 | 42 | | the comptroller of public accounts to withhold the amount |
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| 43 | 43 | | certified, plus interest computed at the rate and in the manner |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 825.408, from the first state money payable to |
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| 45 | 45 | | the employer [school district]. The amount withheld shall be |
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| 46 | 46 | | deposited to the credit of the appropriate accounts of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | retirement system. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 49 | 49 | | school year. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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