86R11463 SOS-D
By: Fallon S.B. No. 1522
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of annuity payments for certain former
legislators engaged in lobbying activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 812, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. LOBBYING BY CERTAIN RETIREES
Sec. 812.301. BENEFITS AFFECTED. (a) If a retiree who
accrued service credit in the retirement system as a member of the
legislature engages in lobbying activities that require
registration under Chapter 305, the retirement system shall suspend
annuity payments to the retiree until the retiree ceases to engage
in lobbying activities and files a notice of termination as
prescribed by Section 305.008.
(b) The board of trustees shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. Section 812.301, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a retiree who registers under Chapter 305,
Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A
retiree who registers under Chapter 305, Government Code, before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.