By: Anchia H.B. No. 3914
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to creditable service in the Teacher Retirement System of
  Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 823.002, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) as follows:
               (c)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a),
  the board of trustees shall ensure that service is credited equally
  for higher education faculty teaching courses of equivalent
  academic credit, regardless of whether the course is taught over an
  entire semester or compressed into a shorter time period.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2017.