Bill Text: TX HB4190 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to membership in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Pensions [HB4190 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4190-Introduced.html

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By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4190

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to membership in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 821.001(6), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(6) "Employee" means a person who is employed , as
determined by the retirement system, on other than a temporary
basis by an employer in any position for at least one-half time at a
regular rate of pay comparable to that of other persons employed in
similar positions. The minimum number of hours required for
one-half time employment must be the same for all categories of
employees.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the member s 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, 2017.