HBA-TBM H.B. 1533 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1533
By: McReynolds
Pensions & Investments
2/28/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

An educator who works at least 90 days during a regular school year
receives the same amount of retirement service credit with the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas as an educator who works the entire school year.
An educator who teaches summer school receives no service credit.
Entitling educators to receive service credit for teaching summer school
provides an incentive for teachers to use their vacation time to teach
summer school.  House Bill 1533 grants one year of retirement credit to
educators for every 90 days of instructional service performed during
summers between regular school years.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1533 amends the Government Code to provide that instructional
service performed by a person during the summers between regular school
years is creditable as one year of service for every 90 days of
instructional service in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.