Bill Text: TX SR839 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 12.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR839-Enrolled.html
By: Huffman | S.R. No. 839 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, 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 12 (the contributions to and benefits under the | ||
Teacher Retirement System of Texas) to consider and take action | ||
on the following matters: | ||
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 3 of the bill, | ||
by amending Section 825.4035(a), Government Code, to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) This section: | ||
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), applies | ||
only to an employer that is a public school or regional education | ||
service center that [ |
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Section 825.403 the employment of a member [ |
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(2) does not apply to an employer that is an | ||
institution of higher education. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to require only | ||
employers that are public schools, other than institutions of | ||
higher education, and regional education service centers that | ||
report to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas the employment | ||
of a member of the retirement system to contribute to the | ||
retirement system the amounts prescribed by Section 825.4035, | ||
Government Code, regardless of whether the employers are making | ||
contributions to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability | ||
Insurance program for that member. | ||
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the bill by adding the following proposed | ||
SECTION 2 to the bill, amending the heading to Section 825.4035, | ||
Government Code: | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 825.4035, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 825.4035. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN | ||
EMPLOYED MEMBERS [ |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to ensure the | ||
heading of Section 825.4035, Government Code, accurately | ||
describes the substance of that section, as amended. | ||
(3) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit | ||
the committee to change, alter, or amend text and to add text on a | ||
matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 6 of the bill, the | ||
effective date provision of the bill, to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2019. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to allow the bill | ||
to take effect immediately. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2019, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate |