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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As the Teacher Retirement System of Texas is actuarially sound according to an actuarial valuation update performed in February 2023, the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023:
(1) by general law may provide a cost-of-living adjustment to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are eligible for the adjustment as determined by that general law; and
(2) may appropriate an amount of money from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of public accounts for deposit to the trust fund of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to pay the adjustment authorized by Subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(b) For purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this constitution, an appropriation of state tax revenues made by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, for the purpose described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section is treated as if it were an appropriation of revenues dedicated by this constitution.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2025.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Constitution of the State of Texas 1876 Art. 16, § 67-a. Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Certain Annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/constitution-of-the-state-of-texas-1876/const-sect-67-a/
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