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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to participation in the Texas County and District |
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Retirement System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 841.001(17), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(17) "Subdivision" means a political subdivision of |
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the state that is not eligible to participate in any other statewide |
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retirement system or that is not currently participating in a |
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retirement system established by the legislature. The term |
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includes [the Texas Association of Counties,] the retirement |
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system[,] and a city-county hospital jointly managed under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 265, Health and Safety Code. The term does |
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not include: |
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(A) a branch, division, department, employee |
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classification group, or other separately identified component of a |
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political subdivision; or |
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(B) an incorporated nongovernmental entity, |
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nonprofit corporation, or other external service provider of a |
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political subdivision. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect a person who is a retiree in the Texas County and District |
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Retirement System before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) On the effective date of this Act, an individual who is a |
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member of the Texas County and District Retirement System who is |
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employed by an entity that is not a subdivision for purposes of |
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Section 841.001(17), Government Code, as amended by this Act, is |
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treated as an individual who separates from employment with a |
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participating subdivision as a vested member of the system, as |
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defined by Section 841.001, Government Code. |
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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 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, 2019. |