H.B. No. 3237
AN ACT
relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as substitute
teachers and in other public school positions in the same month.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 824.602, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsections (n) and (o) to read
as follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsections (n) and (o), the
exception provided by Subsection (a) does not apply to a [A] retiree
working as a substitute under Subsection (a)(1) who also works in
another position described by Subsection (a) in the same [a] month
[is not eligible for an exception to a loss of benefits for that
month pursuant to Subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4) for that or any other
employment in a public educational institution].
(n) The exception provided by Subsection (a) applies to a
retiree employed in positions under Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)
in the same month only if the total number of days that the retiree
works in those positions in that month do not exceed the number of
days per month for work on a one-half-time basis.
(o) The exception provided by Subsection (a) applies to a
disability retiree employed in positions under Subsections (a)(1)
and (a)(4) in the same month only if the total number of days that
the disability retiree works in those positions in that month do not
exceed the number of days per month for work on a one-half-time
basis.
SECTION 2. Section 824.602, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2003-2004 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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 immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3237 was passed by the House on May 6,
2003, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3237 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor