SECTION 41.6. Required Contributions from Public Schools

(a) On a monthly basis, each public school shall contribute the then-applicable required amount under§1575.204(a), Insurance Code, of the salary of each active employee to TRS for deposit in the Retired School Employees Group Insurance Fund. The public school shall make the contribution at the same time and in the same manner in which the public school delivers retirement contributions. Any waiver granted to a public school under Government Code §825.408(a) does not apply to the contribution under this section.

(b) For purposes of this section, "active employee" means a contributing member of TRS who is employed by a public school and is not entitled to coverage under a plan provided under Chapter 1551 or Chapter 1601, Insurance Code.

(c) For purposes of this section, "public school" means a school district; another educational district whose employees are TRS members; a regional education service center established under Chapter 8, Education Code; or an open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code.

(d) TRS may take corrective action against a public school that fails to make the required contribution in accordance with the requirements of this section, including but not limited to placement of a warrant hold with the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Source Note: The provisions of this §41.6 adopted to be effective February 29, 2004, 29 TexReg 1669; amended to be effective February 9, 2006, 31 TexReg 709; amended to be effective November 14, 2017, 42 TexReg 6378