78R19659 DLF-D
Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1370
By: Duncan S.R. No. 1051
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill 1370, relating to certain group benefit plans provided to
certain governmental officers, employees, and retirees and their
dependents, to consider and take action on the following matter:
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to
add a new section to the bill to read as follows:
SECTION 2.08. Subchapter G, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code,
as effective June 1, 2003, is amended by adding Section 1551.3015 to
read as follows:
Sec. 1551.3015. COST ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees
may impose against an employer whose employees are not paid
salaries from amounts appropriated by the General Appropriations
Act and whose participation in the group benefits program begins
after August 31, 2003, as a condition for participation in the
program, a one-time assessment of administrative costs for
participation of the employees and annuitants in the program, which
may include the actuarial costs of including the group in the
program and a participation premium determined by the board. The
board of trustees shall deposit all amounts recovered under this
section in the employees life, accident, and health insurance and
benefits fund.
Explanation: The added section is necessary to authorize the
board of trustees to impose a cost assessment against certain
employers whose employees and annuitants participate in the group
benefits program under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act.