82R7427 KFF-F
 
  By: Eissler H.B. No. 2561
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of "school year" for purposes of the
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 821.001(15), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (15)  "School year" means[:
                     [(A)] a 12-month period beginning [approximately]
  September 1 and ending [approximately] August 31 of the next
  calendar year[; or
                     [(B) for a member whose contract or oral or
  written work agreement begins after June 30 and continues after
  August 31 of the same calendar year, a period not to include more
  than 12 months beginning on the date the contract or agreement
  begins].
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.