Bill Text: TX HB2120 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2120 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2120-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2120
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher
  Retirement System of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 825.002, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
  follows:
         (e)  The governor shall appoint one member of the board from
  a slate of three persons [members of the retirement system] who [are
  currently employed by an institution of higher education and who]
  have been nominated in accordance with Subsection (f) by the
  following groups collectively:
               (1)  [the] members of the retirement system whose most
  recent credited service was performed for an institution of higher
  education;
               (2)  members of the retirement system whose most recent
  credited service was performed for a public school district; and
               (3)  persons who have retired and are receiving
  benefits from the retirement system.
         (e-1)  A person may be nominated for appointment to the board
  under Subsection (e) if the person is:
               (1)  a member of the retirement system who is currently
  employed by an institution of higher education;
               (2)  a member of the retirement system who is currently
  employed by a public school district; or
               (3)  a former member of the retirement system who has
  retired and is receiving benefits from the system.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 825.010(a) and (c), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  It is a ground for removal from the board of trustees
  that a trustee:
               (1)  does not have at the time of taking office the
  qualifications required for the trustee's position;
               (2)  does not maintain during service on the board the
  qualifications required for the trustee's position;
               (3)  violates a prohibition established by Section
  825.002(b) or 825.0032 applicable to the trustee;
               (4)  cannot because of illness or disability discharge
  the trustee's duties for a substantial part of the term for which
  the trustee is appointed; or
               (5)  is absent from more than half of the regularly
  scheduled board meetings that the person is eligible to attend
  during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote
  of the board.
         (c)  If the executive director has knowledge that a potential
  ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the
  presiding officer of the board of trustees of the ground. The
  presiding officer shall then notify the governor [appropriate
  appointing officer] and the attorney general that a potential
  ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal
  involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify
  the next highest officer of the board, who shall notify the governor
  [appropriate appointing officer] and the attorney general that a
  potential ground for removal exists.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act applies only to the appointment of
  a trustee of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System
  of Texas that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  A person who is serving as a trustee immediately before
  the effective date of this Act may complete the trustee's term of
  office, and the trustee's qualifications for serving as a trustee
  are governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective
  date of this Act until the date that trustee's term expires.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2120 was passed by the House on May
  13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2120 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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