Amend CSSB 1952 as follows:
(1) In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, strike SECTION 6.01 (committee
printing page 4, lines 55 through 68) and substitute:
SECTION 6.01. Section 812.003, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) through (h)
to read as follows:
(d) For persons whose employment or office holding begins on
or after September 1, 2005, membership [Membership] in the employee
class begins on the first day the [a] person is employed or holds
office.
(e) For persons whose employment or office holding begins
before September 1, 2005, membership in the employee class begins
on the 91st day after the first day a person is employed or holds
office.
(f) A person who is reemployed or who again holds office
after withdrawing contributions under Subchapter B for previous
service credited in the employee class begins membership in the
employee class on the 91st day after the first day the person is
reemployed or again holds office.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member may
establish service credit only as provided by Section 813.514 for
service performed during the 90-day waiting period provided by
Subsection (e) or (f).
(h) Subsections (e), (f), and (g) and this subsection expire
September 1, 2005.
(2) In SECTION 6.02 of the bill, in added Section 813.514,
Government Code (page 5, lines 3 through 5), strike Subsection (a)
and substitute:
(a) A member may establish service credit under this section
in the employee class only for service performed during a 90-day
waiting period to become a member after beginning employment or
holding office.
(3) In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, strike SECTION 6.03 (committee
printing page 5, lines 25 through 36) and substitute:
SECTION 6.03. Section 822.001, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (c) through (f) to read as follows:
(c) Membership in the retirement system begins on the 91st
day after the first day a person is employed.
(d) A person who is reemployed after withdrawing
contributions for previous service credit begins membership on the
91st day after the first day the person is reemployed.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member may
establish credit only as provided by Section 823.406 for service
performed during the 90-day waiting period provided by Subsection
(c) or (d).
(f) Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and this subsection expire
September 1, 2005.
(4) In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, add a new SECTION 6.04
(committee printing page 5, between lines 36 and 37) and renumber
the subsequent SECTIONs accordingly:
SECTION 6.04. Section 823.002, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 823.002. SERVICE CREDITABLE IN A YEAR. (a) The board
of trustees by rule shall determine how much service in any year is
equivalent to one year of service credit, but in no case may all of a
person's service in one school year be creditable as more than one
year of service. Service that has been credited by the retirement
system on annual statements for a period of five or more years may
not be deleted or corrected because of an error in crediting unless
the error concerns three or more years of service credit or was
caused by fraud.
(b) The rules adopted by the board of trustees under
Subsection (a) must provide that the 90-day waiting periods
described by Sections 822.001(c) and (d) be applied with regard to
contributions during a member's first year of service under either
of those subsections in a manner that, to the greatest extent
possible, minimizes the cost to the retirement system. This
subsection expires September 1, 2005.
(5) In existing SECTION 6.04 of the bill, in Section
823.406, Government Code (committee printing page 5, lines 39
through 42), strike Subsection (a) and substitute:
(a) A member may establish membership service credit under
this section only for service performed during a 90-day waiting
period to become a member after beginning employment.
(6) In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, add SECTIONs 6.08 and 6.09
(committee printing page 6, between lines 5 and 6) to read as
follows:
SECTION 6.08. The requirements of Subsection (b), Section
823.002, Government Code, as added by this article, apply to
persons whose employment begins on or after the effective date of
this article. The board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas shall adopt rules implementing the requirements of
that subsection as soon as practicable after the effective date of
this article.
SECTION 6.09. This article takes effect July 1, 2003, if
this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
effect on that date, this article takes effect September 1, 2003.