Bill Text: TX HB2370 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the resumption of service by certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB2370 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2370-Introduced.html
  88R8040 JCG-F
 
  By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 2370
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the resumption of service by certain retirees of the
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 824.6021(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Section 825.506, the retirement system may
  not, under Section 824.601, withhold a monthly benefit payment if
  the retiree is employed in a Texas public educational institution,
  other than an institution of higher education, in a position
  performing duties related to the mitigation of student learning
  loss attributable to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
  if the position:
               (1)  [is in addition to the normal staffing level at the
  Texas public educational institution;
               [(2)] is funded wholly by federal funds provided under
  federal law enacted for the purpose of providing relief related to
  the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, including the
  Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (15
  U.S.C. Section 9001 et seq.), Coronavirus Response and Relief
  Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L.
  No. 116-260), or American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
  No. 117-2); and
               (2) [(3)]  ends on or before December 31, 2024.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  the employment of a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of
  Texas on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall adopt
  rules as necessary to implement Section 824.6021, Government Code,
  as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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