79R2127 MCK-D
By: Williams S.B. No. 1574
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the benefits and compensation of retired state
employees who return to state employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.042, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 659.042. EXCLUSIONS. The following are not entitled
to longevity pay under this subchapter:
(1) a member of the legislature;
(2) an individual who holds a statewide office that is
normally filled by vote of the people;
(3) an independent contractor or an employee of an
independent contractor;
(4) a temporary employee;
(5) an officer or employee of a public junior college;
[or]
(6) an academic employee of a state institution of
higher education; or
(7) a state employee who receives an annuity based
wholly or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in
a public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was
credited to the state employee.
SECTION 2. Section 659.126, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An eligible state employee who receives an annuity based
wholly or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in
a public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was
credited to the state employee is ineligible to receive benefit
replacement pay.
SECTION 3. Section 661.152, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) For purposes of computing vacation leave under
Subsection (d) for a state employee who receives an annuity based
wholly or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in
a public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was
credited to the state employee, years of total state employment
includes only the length of state employment after the date the
state employee retired.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.