88S40590 JCG-D
 
  By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 114
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to social security coverage for employees of public
  school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, each public
  school district in this state not currently participating in an
  agreement under Subchapter B, Chapter 606, Government Code, to
  provide social security coverage to all of the employees of the
  district, shall conduct a referendum by secret ballot of the
  employees of the district, as required by Section 218, Social
  Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 418), to determine whether a
  majority of the employees are in favor of being included in the
  agreement of this state with the commissioner of the Social
  Security Administration or the individual designated by the
  commissioner to administer coverage of the Social Security Act to
  employees of a state and its political subdivisions.
         (b)  If a majority of the employees of a school district vote
  in favor of entering into the agreement to provide social security
  coverage, the board of trustees of the school district shall as soon
  as practicable submit the necessary plan to the state social
  security administrator to effect the participation of the school
  district under Subchapter B, Chapter 606, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act expires July 1, 2027.
         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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.