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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to supplemental benefits to certain annuitants of the |
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Employees 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. Chapter 814, Government Code is amended by |
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adding Section 814.6031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 814.6031 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS IN CERTAIN FISCAL |
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YEARS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, |
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the retirement system shall make a supplemental payment to a person |
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whose annuities are described by Section 814.107, 814.207, 814.305, |
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or 814.601(a) and that are based on service retirements, disability |
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retirements or deaths in each of the state fiscal years ending |
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August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011. The supplemental payment paid |
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under this section shall be equal to one-twelfth of the amount paid |
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to a person for that fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |