81R2746 KFF-D
 
  By: Gonzales H.B. No. 3774
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to retirement benefits for certain teachers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 824.601, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  The system may not withhold a monthly benefit payment
  under this section from a retiree who:
               (1)  before January 1, 2009, retired under Section
  824.202;
               (2)  is employed by a school district or an
  open-enrollment charter school; and
               (3)  is not an employee of a third-party entity.
         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.