Bill Text: TX HB114 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to social security coverage for employees of public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-17 - Filed [HB114 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB114-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson of Dallas | H.B. No. 114 | |
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| 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. | ||
