78R403 SMJ-F
By: Grusendorf H.B. No. 229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contributions by school districts and the state to the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas for members whose salaries
exceed statutory minimums.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 825.405(a) and (b), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) For members entitled to the minimum salary for certain
school personnel under Section 21.402, Education Code, and for
members who would have been entitled to the minimum salary for
certain school personnel under former Section 16.056, Education
Code, as that section existed on January 1, 1995, the employing
district shall pay the state's contribution on the portion of the
member's salary that exceeds the statutory minimum salary [or
former statutory minimum, as applicable].
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) [,] the statutory minimum salaryfor certain
school personnel under Section 21.402, Education Code, is the
salary provided by that section [Section 21.402 or the former
Sections 16.056 and 16.058, Education Code,] multiplied by the cost
of education adjustment applicable under Section 42.102, Education
Code, to the district in which the member is employed; and
(2) the statutory minimum salary for members who would
have been entitled to the minimum salary for certain school
personnel under former Section 16.056, Education Code, as that
section existed on January 1, 1995, is a minimum salary computed in
the same manner as the minimum salary for certain school personnel
under Section 21.402, Education Code, multiplied by the cost of
education adjustment applicable under Section 42.102, Education
Code, to the district in which the member is employed.
SECTION 2. Sections 825.405(h) and (i), Government Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.