H.B. No. 3207
AN ACT
relating to preventing the loss of benefits by certain retirees of
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service during a
declared disaster.
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:
(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 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; or
(5) in a position in an area subject to a declaration
of disaster by the governor under Chapter 418 or a declaration of
local disaster under that chapter while the declaration is in
effect.
SECTION 2. Section 824.602, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to the employment of a retiree of the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall adopt
rules as necessary to implement Section 824.602, Government Code,
as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3207 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3207 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor