| 1 | 1 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 2029 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to benefit payments for certain retirees in the Teacher |
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| 7 | 7 | | Retirement System. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 824.602. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Subject to Section 825.506, |
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| 12 | 12 | | the retirement system may not, under Section 824.601, withhold a |
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| 13 | 13 | | monthly benefit payment if the retiree is employed in a Texas public |
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| 14 | 14 | | educational institution: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the |
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| 16 | 16 | | daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the |
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| 17 | 17 | | retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a |
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| 18 | 18 | | total of 90 days in the school year; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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| 20 | 20 | | more than a three-fifths [one half] time basis for the month; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time |
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| 22 | 22 | | basis, if the retiree has been separated from service with all Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | public educational institutions for at least 12 full consecutive |
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| 24 | 24 | | months after the retiree's effective date of retirement; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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| 26 | 26 | | more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the |
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| 27 | 27 | | school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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