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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disability retirement benefits for certain peace |
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officers under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 814.207(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) If a retiring member or retiree under this section |
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presents evidence satisfactory to the retirement system that the |
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person's occupational disability makes the person incapable of |
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substantial gainful activity solely because of the disability and |
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is considered a total disability under federal social security law, |
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the retirement system shall, notwithstanding Section 811.006, |
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increase the person's occupational disability retirement annuity |
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to a monthly amount computed based on the maximum salary authorized |
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under Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule |
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prescribed by the General Appropriations Act, as adjusted from time |
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to time [100 percent of the officer's average monthly |
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compensation]. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, |
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the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall recompute an annuity |
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that first became payable before September 1, 2021, as though |
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Section 814.207(e), Government Code, as amended by this Act, was in |
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effect on the date the increased annuity first became payable. |
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(b) The first payment of an annuity recomputed under |
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Subsection (a) of this section is payable on the first payment date |
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occurring on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The Employees Retirement System of Texas is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the Employees Retirement System of Texas may, but is not |
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required to, implement a provision of this Act using other |
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appropriations available for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |