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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the number of hours certain employees must work to be |
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eligible to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 851.001(8), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(8) "Employee" means a person, including a person |
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serving a period of probationary employment, who receives |
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compensation from and is certified by a municipality as being |
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regularly engaged in the performance of duties of: |
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(A) an appointive office or position that |
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normally requires services from the person for not less than 1,500 |
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[1,000] hours a year; or |
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(B) an elective office that normally requires |
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services from the person for not less than 1,000 hours a year, in a |
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municipality that began participating in the retirement system |
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after December 31, 1981, or that has adopted a membership |
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requirement under Section 852.107. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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person who is an employee under Section 851.001(8), Government |
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Code, as amended by this Act, without regard to whether the person |
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was hired before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |