| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for |
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| 6 | 8 | | employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 825.4092, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 11 | | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (f) A reporting employer is ultimately responsible for |
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| 11 | 13 | | payment of the amounts required to be contributed under Subsections |
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| 12 | 14 | | (b) and (c). The employer may not directly or indirectly pass that |
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| 13 | 15 | | cost on to the retiree through payroll deduction, by imposition of a |
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| 14 | 16 | | fee, or by any other means designed to recover the cost. |
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| 15 | 17 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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| 16 | 18 | | retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of |
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| 17 | 19 | | whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the |
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| 18 | 20 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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| 20 | 22 | | beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. |
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| 21 | 23 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the Senate on |
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| 29 | | - | April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 32 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the House on |
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| 33 | | - | May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, two |
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| 34 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 37 | | - | Approved: |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Date |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Governor |
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