Bill Text: TX HB1725 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of local boards of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB1725 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1725-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1725

AN ACT
relating to the composition of local boards of the Texas Emergency
Services Retirement System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 865.012, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) A local board is composed of:
(1) one trustee selected by the governing body of the
political subdivision of which a participating department is a
part;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (a-1), three
trustees who are active members representing a participating
department chosen by a majority of the emergency services personnel
in the department who are eligible to participate in the pension
system; and
(3) two trustees who are representatives of the
political subdivision who are chosen by the other members of the
local board.
(a-1) If a participating department does not have a
sufficient number of active members to serve on a local board under
Subsection (a)(2), the other members of the local board, or if there
are no other members of the local board, the governing body of the
political subdivision of which the department is a part shall
select one or more trustees to serve under that subdivision. A
person selected under this subsection to serve as a trustee must be:
(1) a retiree of the pension system; or
(2) a beneficiary of the pension system who is the
surviving spouse of a former member or retiree.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1725 was passed by the House on April
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1725 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor