87R2364 KFF-D     By: Middleton H.B. No. 1648       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to participation of certain nongovernmental entities in   the Texas County and District Retirement System and the Texas   Municipal Retirement System.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 841.001(17), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (17)  "Subdivision" means a political subdivision of   the state that is not eligible to participate in any other statewide   retirement system or that is not currently participating in a   retirement system established by the legislature. The term   includes [the Texas Association of Counties,] the retirement   system[,] and a city-county hospital jointly managed under   Subchapter B, Chapter 265, Health and Safety Code. The term does   not include a branch, division, department, employee   classification group, or other separately identified component of a   political subdivision.          SECTION 2.  Section 852.005(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  For the purposes of this subtitle, the Texas Municipal   Retirement System has [and, as limited by Subsection (b), the Texas   Municipal League, have] the standing of a municipality   [municipalities].          SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 841.001, Government Code, as   amended by this Act:                (1)  applies only with respect to a person who becomes   an employee of the Texas Association of Counties on or after the   effective date of this Act; and                (2)  does not affect the rights or benefits of a person   who, on the effective date of this Act, is a member, retiree,   annuitant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of the Texas County and   District Retirement System.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 841.001, Government Code, as   amended by this Act, the Texas Association of Counties shall   continue participation in the Texas County and District Retirement   System only to the extent necessary to ensure the provision of   retirement and related disability and death benefits, as   applicable, for persons described by Subsection (a)(2) of this   section.          (c)  The board of trustees of the Texas County and District   Retirement System shall adopt rules the board determines necessary   to implement this section.          SECTION 4.  (a)  Section 852.005, Government Code, as   amended by this Act:                (1)  applies only with respect to a person who becomes   an employee of the Texas Municipal League on or after the effective   date of this Act; and                (2)  does not affect the rights or benefits of a person   who, on the effective date of this Act, is a member, retiree,   annuitant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of the Texas Municipal   Retirement System.          (b)  Notwithstanding the change in law made by this Act to   Section 852.005, Government Code, the Texas Municipal League shall   continue participation in the Texas Municipal Retirement System   only to the extent necessary to ensure the provision of retirement   and related disability and death benefits, as applicable, for   persons described by Subsection (a)(2) of this section.          (c)  The board of trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement   System shall adopt rules the board determines necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.