By Wise H.B. No. 294 76R2290 CAS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to notice by school districts concerning social security 1-3 benefits. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 22.006 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.006. NOTICE CONCERNING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. 1-8 Each school district that does not participate in the Social 1-9 Security System must include notice on each employment application 1-10 or employment contract that the pension a district employee 1-11 receives based on district employment for which social security 1-12 taxes are not withheld may reduce any social security benefits the 1-13 employee receives as a spouse, parent, or surviving spouse. The 1-14 notice must be placed in a prominent position on the application 1-15 and contract and must state a telephone number of a district office 1-16 the applicant or employee may call for further information. 1-17 SECTION 2. A school district that does not participate in 1-18 the Social Security System must use employment applications and 1-19 employment contracts that comply with Section 22.006, Education 1-20 Code, as added by this Act, beginning not later than January 1, 1-21 2000. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.