Bill Text: TX HB2178 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to terminating participation in the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-08 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2178-Introduced.html
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By: Noble | H.B. No. 2178 |
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relating to terminating participation in the Texas Emergency | ||
Services Retirement System. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 862.001, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 862.001. PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The | ||
governing body of a department that performs emergency services | ||
may, in the manner provided for taking official action by the body, | ||
elect to participate in the pension system. A governing body shall | ||
notify the executive director as soon as practicable of an election | ||
made under this subsection. [ |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [ |
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governing body of a department that makes an election under | ||
Subsection (a) may not terminate participation in the pension | ||
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(c) The governing body of a department that makes an | ||
election under Subsection (a) may terminate participation in the | ||
pension system if: | ||
(1) the department consists of both volunteer | ||
firefighters and at least six full-time firefighters; | ||
(2) the full-time firefighters described by | ||
Subdivision (1) are employees of a home-rule municipality: | ||
(A) governed by the same governing body; and | ||
(B) of which the department is a part; and | ||
(3) the governing body elects to provide retirement | ||
benefits to the volunteer firefighters described by Subdivision (1) | ||
through participation in an alternative retirement system. | ||
(d) If a governing body of a department elects to terminate | ||
participation in the pension system under Subsection (c), the | ||
department forfeits all contributions to the system necessary to | ||
pay the benefits of vested members. | ||
(e) The state board may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |