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By:  Shapiro                                                      S.B. No. 482
	(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2005; February 22, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
March 21, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 21, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 482                                    By:  Shapiro


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the retirement benefits payable to retirees of the 
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as teacher 
mentors.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 824.602, 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); or
		(8)  in a position in which the primary responsibility 
is as a mentor of other teachers, if the retiree:
			(A)  is certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, 
Education Code;   
			(B)  taught in a public school for at least five 
years; and         
			(C)  has been separated from service with all 
public schools for at least 12 months.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 824.602, Government 
Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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