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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to suspending Employees Retirement System of Texas annuity |
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payments for employees who return to work for the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 812.203(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 812.202, if [If] a retiree |
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takes the oath for a position included in the elected class of |
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membership or takes a position included in the employee class, the |
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retirement system shall suspend annuity payments to the person for |
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service that was credited in the elected or employee [that] class, |
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as applicable, until the person no longer holds that position. |
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SECTION 2. Section 812.202(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a retiree of the Employees Retirement System of Texas who resumes |
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work with this state on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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retiree who resumes work with this state before the effective date |
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of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the date the employee |
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resumes work, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2011. |