By: Hughes S.B. No. 2029
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to benefit payments for certain retirees in the Teacher
Retirement System.
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:
Sec. 824.602. EXCEPTIONS. (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 three-fifths [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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.