Bill Text: TX SR691 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. 10.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Reported enrolled [SR691 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR691-Enrolled.html
By: Huffman | S.R. No. 691 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
Senate Bill 10 (certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement | ||
System of Texas) to consider and take action on the following | ||
matters: | ||
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 | ||
of the bill, adding Section 824.703(a), Government Code, by | ||
striking "an additional" and substituting "a". | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to remove unnecessary | ||
language. | ||
(2) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4), are suspended to | ||
permit the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement | ||
and not included in either the house or senate version of the bill | ||
in proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, by adding Section | ||
824.703(c)(3), Government Code, to read as follows: | ||
(3) is an alternate payee under Section 804.005, to | ||
be eligible for the adjustment: | ||
(A) the annuitant must be living on the | ||
effective date of the adjustment; and | ||
(B) the effective date of the annuitant's | ||
election to receive the annuity payment was on or before August | ||
31, 2020. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that an | ||
alternate payee makes the election and specify that an alternate | ||
payee must be living on the effective date of the cost-of-living | ||
adjustment required by the proposed bill. | ||
(3) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4), are suspended to | ||
permit the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement | ||
and not included in either the house or senate version of the bill | ||
by adding proposed SECTION 2(c) of the bill to read as follows: | ||
(c) The amount of the supplemental payment is equal to: | ||
(1) $7,500, if the annuitant is at least 75 years of | ||
age on any day of the calendar month before the calendar month in | ||
which the Teacher Retirement System of Texas issues the | ||
supplemental payment; or | ||
(2) $2,400, if the annuitant is: | ||
(A) at least 70 years of age but younger than | ||
75 years of age on any day of the calendar month before the | ||
calendar month in which the Teacher Retirement System of Texas | ||
issues the supplemental payment; and | ||
(B) not subject to Subdivision (1) of this | ||
subsection. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to prescribe | ||
different amounts for the supplemental payment required by the | ||
proposed bill based on the age of the annuitant eligible for the | ||
payment. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 27, 2023, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |