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Senate Bill 288 |
Senate Author: Seliger et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Wu et al. |
Senate Bill 288 amends the Government Code to establish that a retiree who retired with a service retirement annuity under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and resumes service is subject to the state law excluding a retiree from being entitled to service or disability retirement benefit payments only if TRS first issues certain notices specified by the bill to the retiree.
Senate Bill 288 provides a temporary exception prohibiting TRS from withholding a monthly benefit payment from a retiree who returns to service if the retiree is employed in a position in a Texas public educational institution, other than an institution of higher education, performing duties related to the mitigation of student learning loss attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, with respect to that temporary exception, also establishes that contributions to TRS and to the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program trust fund are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for such a retiree who retired from TRS on or after September 1, 2005.