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.