Bill Text: TX HB952 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 952 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB952 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB952-Introduced.html

	83R3681 TJS-D

	By: Gonzales	H.B. No. 952



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the
	Employees Retirement System of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 814, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 814.404 to read as follows:
	Sec. 814.404. ASSIGNMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT FOR FUNERAL
	SERVICES. (a) A beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under
	this subchapter may by assignment provide that part or all of the
	benefit be paid in consideration for services provided in
	connection with the death of the member directly to a funeral
	director or funeral establishment licensed under:
	(1) Chapter 651, Occupations Code; or
	(2) the comparable law of another state.
	(b) The board of trustees by rule may establish requirements
	for forms, documentation, and procedures necessary for an effective
	assignment under this section.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 814, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 814.507 to read as follows:
	Sec. 814.507. ASSIGNMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT FOR FUNERAL
	SERVICES. (a) A beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under
	this subchapter may by assignment provide that part or all of the
	benefit be paid in consideration for services provided in
	connection with the death of the retiree directly to a funeral
	director or funeral establishment licensed under:
	(1) Chapter 651, Occupations Code; or
	(2) the comparable law of another state.
	(b) The board of trustees by rule may establish requirements
	for forms, documentation, and procedures necessary for an effective
	assignment under this section.
	SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
	date of this Act, but not later than January 1, 2014, the board of
	trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall adopt
	rules to implement Sections 814.404 and 814.507, Government Code,
	as added by this Act.
	(b) The change in law made by this Act by the enactment of
	Sections 814.404 and 814.507, Government Code, applies only to a
	benefit that is payable on or after January 1, 2014. A benefit that
	is payable before that date is governed by the law in effect
	immediately before January 1, 2014, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	(b) Sections 814.404 and 814.507, Government Code, as added
	by this Act, take effect January 1, 2014.