Bill Text: TX SB620 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-12 - Left pending in committee [SB620 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB620-Introduced.html

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87R2753 JCG-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 620

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the
Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 815.003, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Two of the elected members [To be eligible to serve as an
elected member] of the board[, a person] must be members [a member]
of the retirement system and must hold positions [a position] that:
(1) are [is] included in the employee class of
membership; and
(2) are [is] not with an agency or department with
which another trustee holds a position.
(b-1) The third elected member of the board must:
(1) meet the requirements of Subsection (b); or
(2) be a retiree.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election of a member of the board of trustees of the Employees
Retirement System of Texas that occurs on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.