88R6341 JCG-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 3261
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to preventing the loss of benefits by certain retirees of
  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service during a
  declared disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 824.602(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
  not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
  the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution:
               (1)  as a substitute only with pay not more than the
  daily rate of substitute pay established by the employer and, if the
  retiree is a disability retiree, the employment has not exceeded a
  total of 90 days in the school year;
               (2)  in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
  more than a one-half time basis for the month;
               (3)  in one or more positions on as much as a full-time
  basis, if the retiree has been separated from service with all Texas
  public educational institutions for at least 12 full consecutive
  months after the retiree's effective date of retirement;
               (4)  in a position, other than as a substitute, on no
  more than a one-half time basis for no more than 90 days in the
  school year, if the retiree is a disability retiree; [or]
               (5)  as a tutor under Section 33.913, Education Code;
  or
               (6)  in a position in an area subject to a declaration
  of disaster by the governor under Chapter 418 or a declaration of
  local disaster under that chapter while the declaration is in
  effect.
         SECTION 2.  Section 824.602, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to the employment of a retiree of the Teacher
  Retirement System of Texas on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall adopt
  rules as necessary to implement Section 824.602, Government Code,
  as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.