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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of and benefits payable 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. Sections 824.601(b-1) and (f), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Subsection (b) does not apply to a retiree: |
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(1) under Section 824.202 whose effective date of |
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retirement is on or before August 31, 2018; or |
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(2) who commits a minor violation of a provision of |
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this subchapter, including a minor violation of an exception |
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provided by Section 824.602, unless the violation occurs frequently |
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[January 1, 2011]. |
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(f) The system shall [may] adopt rules necessary for |
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administering this subchapter, including rules necessary to |
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implement Subsection (b-1)(2). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 825, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 825.521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 825.521. DEADLINE TO APPEAL FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE |
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DECISION. In adopting rules governing the appeal of a final |
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administrative decision made by the retirement system, the board of |
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trustees shall ensure that rules establishing deadlines for the |
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filing of an appeal afford a member or retiree at least the same |
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amount of time to file an appeal as the retirement system had to |
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issue the retirement system's decision. |
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SECTION 3. (a) A person who resumed employment after |
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retirement and whose benefit payments were suspended under Section |
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824.601, Government Code, as that section existed before amendment |
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by this Act, is entitled to the resumption of monthly benefit |
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payments if the person meets the requirements of Section |
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824.601(b-1), Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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(b) The Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall resume |
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making monthly benefit payments to a person described by Subsection |
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(a) of this section on the first payment date occurring on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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(c) A person who is entitled to the resumption of monthly |
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benefit payments under this section is not entitled to recover |
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benefit payments not made during the period the person's benefit |
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was suspended under Section 824.601, Government Code, as that |
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section existed before amendment by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement |
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System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section |
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825.521, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) The change in law made by Section 825.521, Government |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the appeal of an |
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administrative decision of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
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made on or after January 1, 2020. An appeal of a decision made |
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before January 1, 2020, is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |