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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to preventing the loss of benefits by certain retirees of |
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the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service during a |
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declared disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may |
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not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if |
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the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution: |
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(1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the |
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daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the |
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retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a |
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total of 90 days in the school year; |
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(2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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more than a one-half time basis for the month; |
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(3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time |
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basis, if the retiree has been separated from service with all Texas |
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public educational institutions for at least 12 full consecutive |
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months after the retiree's effective date of retirement; [or] |
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(4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the |
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school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree; or |
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(5) in a position in an area subject to a declaration |
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of disaster by the governor under Chapter 418 or a declaration of |
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local disaster under that chapter while the declaration is in |
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effect. |
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SECTION 2. Section 824.602, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to the employment of a retiree of the Teacher |
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Retirement System of Texas on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall adopt |
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rules as necessary to implement Section 824.602, Government Code, |
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as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |