H.B. No. 4068
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain public retirement systems
  for police and fire fighters to participate in the Texas Municipal
  Retirement System.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 852.005, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  For the purposes of this subtitle, the Texas Municipal
  Retirement System, the pension system provided under Article
  6243a-1, Revised Statutes, and [, as limited by Subsection (b),]
  the Texas Municipal League, have the standing of municipalities.
         (b)  The standing of the pension system provided under
  Article 6243a-1, Revised Statutes, as a municipality under
  Subsection (a) applies only with respect to the system and the
  system's employees. Subsection (a) does not require or authorize:
               (1)  a person who is a member, pensioner, alternate
  payee, or other beneficiary of the pension system provided under
  Article 6243a-1, Revised Statutes, to participate in the Texas
  Municipal Retirement System; and
               (2)  the consolidation of both public retirement
  systems or the transfer of a fund or any plan created or maintained
  under former Article 6243a, Revised Statutes, or Article 6243a-1,
  Revised Statutes, to the Texas Municipal Retirement System. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 852.005, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only with respect to a person who is an employee
  of the pension system provided under Article 6243a-1, Revised
  Statutes, on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4068 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4068 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor