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By:  Gonzales                                                     H.B. No. 844



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to retirement benefits for certain teachers.                         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 824.601, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  The system may not withhold a monthly benefit payment 
under this section from a retiree who:
		(1)  before January 1, 2005, retired under Section 
824.202; and      
		(2)  is employed by a school district or an 
open-enrollment charter school, other than a third-party entity.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.