Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4497 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Shofner H.B. No. 4497
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the compensation, reimbursement of expenses, and
9	9	retirement benefits of a member of the State Board of Education.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 7.105, Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 7.105. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. [(a)] A
14	14	member of the board is [not] entitled to receive compensation and
15	15	reimbursement of the member's expenses in the same amount and
16	16	manner as a member of the legislature as provided by Section 24,
17	17	Article III, Texas Constitution.
18	18	[(b) A member of the board is entitled to reimbursement of
19	19	the member's expenses as provided by law.]
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 810.003(b), Government Code, is amended
21	21	to read as follows:
22	22	(b) This section applies only to a person who is:
23	23	(1) a member of the elected class of the Employees
24	24	Retirement System of Texas as described by Section 812.002(a)(1),
25	25	[or] (2), or (4); or
26	26	(2) otherwise eligible for membership in a public
27	27	retirement system wholly or partly because the person was elected
28	28	or appointed to an elected office.
29	29	SECTION 3. Section 812.002(a), Government Code, is amended
30	30	to read as follows:
31	31	(a) Membership in the elected class of the retirement system
32	32	is limited to:
33	33	(1) persons who hold state offices that are normally
34	34	filled by statewide election and that are not included in the
35	35	coverage of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the
36	36	Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two;
37	37	(2) members of the legislature; [and]
38	38	(3) district and criminal district attorneys, to the
39	39	extent that they receive salaries from the state general revenue
40	40	fund; and
41	41	(4) members of the State Board of Education.
42	42	SECTION 4. Section 820.053(c), Government Code, is amended
43	43	to read as follows:
44	44	(c) For purposes of this section, a member of the elected
45	45	class of membership under Section 812.002(a)(2) or (4) shall have
46	46	the member's accumulated account balance computed as if the
47	47	contributions to the account were based on the state base salary,
48	48	excluding longevity pay payable under Section 659.0445, being paid
49	49	a district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in
50	50	accordance with Section 659.012(a).
51	51	SECTION 5. (a) In this section, "retirement system" means
52	52	the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
53	53	(b) For purposes of Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code, as
54	54	amended by this Act, including Section 820.002, Government Code:
55	55	(1) the date a person described by Section
56	56	812.002(a)(4), Government Code, as added by this Act, took office
57	57	is considered to be September 1, 2025; and
58	58	(2) only service performed by that person on or after
59	59	that date is creditable in the retirement system.
60	60	(c) For purposes of administering the changes in law made by
61	61	this Act to Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code, the retirement
62	62	system, the State Board of Education, and, if necessary as
63	63	determined by the retirement system, the Texas Education Agency,
64	64	shall enter into a memorandum of understanding on the collection of
65	65	member contributions and other matters the retirement system
66	66	considers advisable.
67	67	(d) The retirement system may adopt rules to implement
68	68	Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code, as amended by this Act.
69	69	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.