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                                                                  H.B. No. 70 




AN ACT

relating to the expedited payment of the lump-sum death benefit for 
members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 814.501(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A lump-sum death benefit in the amount of $5,000 is 
payable if the board of trustees receives proof satisfactory to it 
of the death, on or after September 1, 1975, of a person retired 
under a retirement system administered by the board.  The board by 
rule shall adopt procedures to provide for the payment of this 
benefit not later than the seventh day after the date the board 
receives the required proof of death.
	SECTION 2.  The board of trustees of the Employees 
Retirement System of Texas shall adopt the rules required by 
Section 814.501(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act, not 
later than November 1, 2005.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 70 was passed by the House on April 5, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 70 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor