Tex.
Gov't Code Section 814.0096
Coordination with State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
(a)
The board of trustees and the state employee charitable campaign policy committee established under Section 659.140 (State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee) shall coordinate responsibility for the administration of charitable deductions from annuity payments to the state employee charitable campaign under Section 814.0095 (Charitable Deduction from Annuity).(b)
The state employee charitable campaign policy committee is authorized to approve a budget that includes funding for as many of the expenses incurred by the retirement system associated with the implementation and administration of annuitants’ participation in the state employee charitable campaign as is practicable, including notification of annuitants.(c)
Except as provided by this subsection, the board of trustees shall charge an administrative fee to cover any costs not paid under Subsection (b) in the implementation of Section 814.0095 (Charitable Deduction from Annuity) to the charitable organizations participating in the state employee charitable campaign conducted under that section in the same proportion that the contributions to that charitable organization bear to the total of contributions in that campaign. The board of trustees shall determine the most efficient and effective method of collecting the administrative fee and shall adopt rules for the implementation of this subsection.(d)
If necessary, the board of trustees and the state employee charitable campaign policy committee may make the annuity deduction authorization under Section 814.0095 (Charitable Deduction from Annuity)(a) available in stages to subgroups of the retirement system’s annuity recipients as money becomes available to cover the expenses under Subsection (b) of this section.
Source:
Section 814.0096 — Coordination with State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.814.htm#814.0096 (accessed May 4, 2024).
