TITLE: Relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.

SUMMARY: Relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 825.4092(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The amounts required to be paid under Subsections (b) and (c) are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for a retiree who retired from the retirement system:(1) before September 1, 2005;or (2) on or after September 1, 2005, if: (A) the retiree's employment qualifies for an exception under Section 824.601(b-1) or 824.602(a)(3) to the loss of benefit payments described by Section 824.601(b); and (B) the reporting employer demonstrates to the Texas Education Agency that the employer cannot through reasonable efforts fill the position other than with a person working on a temporary basis.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 2025-2026 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.