By Smith H.B.No. 3147
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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 classroom teachers 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 to
1-7 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
2-1 a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
2-2 824.202(a) without reduction for retirement at an early age, is
2-3 certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, to teach
2-4 the subjects assigned, is teaching in an acute shortage area as
2-5 defined by the commissioner of education and has been separated
2-6 from service with all public schools for at least 12 months; or[.]
2-7 (6) in a position as a principal, including an
2-8 assistant principal, on as much as a full-time basis, if the
2-9 retiree has retired under Section 824.202(a) without reduction for
2-10 retirement at an early age, is certified under Subchapter B,
2-11 Chapter 21, Education Code, to serve as a principal, and has been
2-12 separated from service with all public schools for at least 12
2-13 months.
2-14 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-15 school year.
2-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.