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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher |
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Retirement System of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 824, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 824.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 824.007. ADJUSTMENT TO BENEFITS. (a) The amount of a |
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monthly service retirement benefit, disability retirement benefit, |
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or death benefit paid under this chapter is increased to include a |
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three percent adjustment in accordance with this section. |
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(b) The board of trustees shall recompute the amount of a |
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benefit paid monthly under this chapter by applying the three |
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percent adjustment to the monthly amount otherwise required to be |
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paid as determined in accordance with the other applicable |
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provisions of this chapter and other law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a benefit paid by the |
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Teacher Retirement System of Texas on or after January 1, 2008. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |