Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall become effective September 1, 1975.

Sec. 9. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING LAWS; SAVING PROVISIONS. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. It is expressly provided, however, that Chapter 500, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, 1951, as amended (Article 695g, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), Chapter 467, Acts of the 54th Legislature, 1955, as amended (Article 695h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and Section 17.91, Texas Education Code, shall continue in full force and effect except wherein they conflict with this Act and, more particularly, those portions of those articles placing the operation and administration of the federal social security program under the State Department of Public Welfare, and wherever any power, duty, function, or responsibility is placed upon the executive director (commissioner) of public welfare, it shall be vested in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 966, ch. 366, Sec. 2 to 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.