85R4710 TSR-D
 
  By: Alonzo, Hinojosa H.B. No. 1014
 
 
 
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)  Subject to Subsection (b-1), to [To] be eligible to
  serve as an elected member of the board, a person must be:
               (1)  a member of the retirement system and must hold a
  position that:
                     (A) [(1)]  is included in the employee class of
  membership; and
                     (B) [(2)]  is not with an agency or department
  with which another trustee holds a position; or
               (2)  a retiree.
         (b-1)  Only one elected member of the board may 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, 2017.