By Duncan                                              S.B. No. 984
         77R4659 GJH-D                           
                                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 work as substitute teachers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 824.602(b),  Government Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  For [Working any portion of a day counts as working a
 1-8     full day for] the purposes of computing the number of days under
 1-9     Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4):
1-10                 (1)  working not more than four hours in a day counts
1-11     as working half of a day; and
1-12                 (2)  working more than four hours in a day counts as
1-13     working a full day.
1-14           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-15     applies only to work performed by a retiree employed in a Texas
1-16     public educational institution on or after that date.  Work
1-17     performed by a retiree employed in a Texas public educational
1-18     institution before the effective date of this Act is governed by
1-19     the law in effect on the date the work was performed, and the
1-20     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.