Amend CSSB 1243 (Senate committee printing) as follows: (1) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill (page 1, line 56, through page 2, line 39) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly. (2) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in the recital for that section (page 2, line 40), strike "Effective September 1, 2005," and substitute "(a)". (3) Between SECTIONS 6 and 7 of the bill (page 2, between lines 64 and 65) insert the following: (b) Notwithstanding Section 824.601(b), Government Code, as amended by this section, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas may not withhold a monthly benefit payment from a retiree who: (1) retired under Section 824.202, Government Code, before January 1, 2003; and (2) is employed by a school district or an open-enrollment charter school.