Bill Text: TX HB1606 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a qualified transportation benefit as a supplemental optional benefits program for state employees by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Considered in Calendars [HB1606 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1606-Introduced.html

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82R3708 VOO-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1606

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a qualified transportation benefit
as a supplemental optional benefits program for state employees by
the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.102, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The supplemental optional benefits program must
include a qualified transportation benefit.
(c) The supplemental optional benefits program may include
permanent life insurance, catastrophic illness insurance,
disability insurance, or prepaid legal services[, or a qualified
transportation benefit].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.