Bill Text: TX SB202 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 202 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB202-Introduced.html

	87R1446 JCG-D

	By: Schwertner	S.B. No. 202



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.