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78R9004 SMJ-F


By:  Smith of Tarrant                                             H.B. No. 3237

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3237:                                   

By:  Telford                                                  C.S.H.B. No. 3237



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.