Amend HB 3221 (house committee printing) by striking page 2, lines 20 and 21, and substituting the following:

SECTION 2.  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), this Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

(b)  The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is required to implement this Act only if the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas finds that the legislature appropriated money to the retirement system in an amount sufficient to cover any increase in the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the retirement system caused by the implementation of this Act. The amount appropriated by the legislature to cover any increase in unfunded actuarial liabilities caused by the implementation of this Act must be in addition to any amounts the state is required to contribute to the retirement system under Subchapter E, Chapter 825, Government Code. If the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas finds that the legislature did not appropriate money in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of implementation without increasing the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the retirement system, the retirement system may not implement this Act.