By: Solomons, Raymond, Marquez, Homer, H.B. No. 2083
      Branch, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to determination of state contributions for participation
  by certain junior college employees in the state employees group
  benefits program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1551.3111 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1551.3111.  AMOUNT OF STATE CONTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN
  JUNIOR COLLEGE EMPLOYEES. (a) In determining the amount to be
  certified under Section 1551.311, the board of trustees shall
  include eligible public junior college employees.
         (b)  For purposes of this section, a public junior college
  employee is eligible if the employee is:
               (1)  otherwise eligible to participate in the group
  benefits program; and
               (2)  an instructional or administrative employee whose
  salary may be fully paid from funds appropriated under the General
  Appropriations Act, regardless of whether the salary is actually
  paid from appropriated funds.
         (c)  In determining the amount described in Subsection (a),
  the number of eligible employees included for each college in each
  biennium shall be adjusted in proportion to the change in student
  enrollment at each college during the reporting period, except that
  a college that experiences a decline in student enrollment may
  petition to maintain the number of eligible employees at the same
  level as the prior biennium.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.