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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to membership in the 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 821.001(6), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(6) "Employee" means a person who is employed , as |
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determined by the retirement system, on other than a temporary |
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basis by an employer in any position for at least one-half time at a |
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regular rate of pay comparable to that of other persons employed in |
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similar positions. The minimum number of hours required for |
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one-half time employment must be the same for all categories of |
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employees. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the member s 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, 2017. |