By Dunnam H.B. No. 2057
77R6182 SMJ-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to allowing certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement
1-3 System of Texas to be employed as school bus drivers without losing
1-4 retirement benefits.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended
1-7 to read as follows:
1-8 (a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
1-9 not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
1-10 the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution:
1-11 (1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the
1-12 daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if
1-13 the retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not
1-14 exceeded a total of 90 days in the school year;
1-15 (2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
1-16 more than a one-half time basis for the month;
1-17 (3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time
1-18 basis, if the work occurs in not more than six months of a school
1-19 year that begins after the retiree's effective date of retirement;
1-20 (4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
1-21 more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the
1-22 school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree; [or]
1-23 (5) in a position as a classroom teacher on as much as
1-24 a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
2-1 824.202(a) without reduction for retirement at an early age, is
2-2 certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, to teach
2-3 the subjects assigned, is teaching in an acute shortage area as
2-4 defined by the commissioner of education, and has been separated
2-5 from service with all public schools for at least 12 months; or
2-6 (6) as a bus driver for a school district on as much
2-7 as a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
2-8 824.202(a) without reduction for retirement at an early age.
2-9 SECTION 2. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, as amended
2-10 by this Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.
2-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.