88R7619 BDP-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1223
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of "school year" for purposes of the
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 821.001(15), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (15)  "School year" means a 12-month period beginning
  approximately September 1 and ending approximately August 31 of the
  next calendar year.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.