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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Teacher |
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Retirement System of Texas to certain bus drivers who return to |
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work. |
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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, is amended |
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to 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 retiree has been separated from service with all Texas |
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public educational institutions for at least 12 full consecutive |
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months after the retiree's effective date of retirement; [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; or |
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(5) as a bus driver for a school district on as much as |
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a full-time basis, if: |
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(A) the retiree has retired under Section |
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824.202(a), (a-1), or (a-2); |
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(B) the retiree's primary employment is as a bus |
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driver; and |
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(C) for at least 12 full consecutive months after |
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the retiree's effective date of retirement, the retiree has not |
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worked as a bus driver with a school district on more than a |
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one-half-time basis. |
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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, 2015. |