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Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider under Part 17 of the Article IX appropriations:
____. Eligibility for Teacher Retirement System
Supplemental Annuity Payment. (a) To be eligible for the
supplemental payment provided for above in Section 17.03, a person
must be, disregarding any forfeiture of benefits under Section
824.601, Government Code, an annuitant eligible to receive:
(1) a standard retirement annuity payment, based on an
effective date of retirement on or before December 31, 2008;
(2) an optional retirement annuity payment as either a
retiree or beneficiary, based on an effective date of retirement on
or before December 31, 2008;
(3) a life annuity payment under Section 824.402(a)(4),
Government Code, based on a date of death of a member of the system
on or before December 31, 2008;
(4) an annuity for a guaranteed period of 60 months
under Section 824.402(a)(3), Government Code, based on a date of
death of a member of the system on or before December 31, 2008; or
(5) an alternative payee annuity payment under Section
804.005, Government Code, based on a date of commencement of the
annuity payment to the alternative payee on or before December 31,
2008.
(b) The supplemental payment does not apply to payments
under:
(1) Section 824.304(a), Government Code, relating to
disability retirees with less than 10 years of service credit;
(2) Section 824.804(b), Government Code, relating to
participants in the deferred retirement option plan with regard to
payments from their deferred retirement option plan accounts; or
(3) Section 824.404(a) or 824.501(a), Government Code,
relating to active member or retiree survivor beneficiaries who
receive a survivor annuity in an amount fixed by statute.