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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the resumption of service by certain retirees under the |
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Teacher 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. Section 824.602(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by Chapters 674 (S.B. 132) and 1359 (S.B. 1691), Acts of the 79th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may |
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not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if |
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the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution: |
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(1) as a substitute only with pay not more than the |
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daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the |
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retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a |
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total of 90 days in the school year; |
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(2) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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more than a one-half time basis for the month; |
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(3) in one or more positions on as much as a full-time |
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basis, if the work occurs in not more than six months of a school |
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year that begins after the retiree's effective date of retirement; |
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or |
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(4) in a position, other than as a substitute, on no |
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more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the |
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school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree[;
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[(5)
in a position as a classroom teacher on as much as
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a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
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824.202(a) or (a-1), is certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21,
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Education Code, to teach the subjects assigned, is teaching in an
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acute shortage area as determined by the board of trustees of a
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school district as provided by Subsection (m), and has been
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separated from service with all public schools for at least 12
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months;
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[(6)
in a position as a principal, including as an
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assistant principal, on as much as a full-time basis, if the retiree
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has retired under Section 824.202(a) or (a-1) without reduction for
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retirement at an early age, is certified under Subchapter B,
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Chapter 21, Education Code, to serve as a principal, and has been
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separated from service with all public schools for at least 12
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months;
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[(7)
as a bus driver for a school district on as much
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as a full-time basis, if the retiree has retired under Section
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824.202(a) or (a-1), and the retiree's primary employment is as a
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bus driver; or
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[(8)
as a faculty member, during the period beginning
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with the 2005 fall semester and ending on the last day of the 2015
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spring semester, in an undergraduate professional nursing program
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or graduate professional nursing program, as defined by Section
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54.221, Education Code, and if the retiree has been separated from
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service with all public schools for at least 12 months]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 824.602(m), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. |
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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. |