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79R6175 HLT-D
By: Flores H.B. No. 1463
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of monthly benefits to certain retirees of
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who return to work.
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. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution:
(1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the
daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the
retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a
total of 90 days in the school year;
(2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for the month;
(3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time
basis, if the work occurs in not more than six months of a school
year that begins after the retiree's effective date of retirement;
(4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the
school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree;
(5) in a position as a classroom teacher on as much as
a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
824.202(a), is certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education
Code, to teach the subjects assigned, [is teaching in an acute
shortage area as determined by the board of trustees of a school
district as provided by Subsection (m),] and has been separated
from service with all public schools for at least 12 months;
(6) in a position as a principal, including as an
assistant principal, on as much as a full-time basis, if the retiree
has retired under Section 824.202(a) without reduction for
retirement at an early age, is certified under Subchapter B,
Chapter 21, Education Code, to serve as a principal, and has been
separated from service with all public schools for at least 12
months; or
(7) as a bus driver for a school district on as much as
a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
824.202(a).
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, 2005.