Bill Text: TX SB202 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB202-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 202 |
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relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for | ||
employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 825.4092, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) A reporting employer is ultimately responsible for | ||
payment of the amounts required to be contributed under Subsections | ||
(b) and (c). The employer may not directly or indirectly pass that | ||
cost on to the retiree through payroll deduction, by imposition of a | ||
fee, or by any other means designed to recover the cost. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of | ||
whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the House on | ||
May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |