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Senate Bill 654 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Guillen |
Current law entitles county employees in a county with a population of 75,000 or more and municipal employees in a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more to purchase continued health coverage upon retirement if those employees are entitled to receive retirement benefits from their respective county or municipal retirement plans. Senate Bill 654 amends the Local Government Code to extend this entitlement to purchase continued health coverage upon retirement to employees who retire from an appraisal district in a county with a population of 75,000 or more and who are entitled to receive retirement benefits from the appraisal district's retirement plan. This change applies to all eligible persons who leave employment with an appraisal district on or after January 1, 2010.