HBA-TBM H.B. 2057 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2057
By: Dunnam
Pensions & Investments
3/2/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
(TRS) cannot be employed as a bus driver for a school district without
losing retirement benefits.  By allowing retirees to drive school buses,
TRS can address a critical personnel shortage within the public school
system of Texas without incurring any major adverse effect.  House Bill
2057 authorizes a retiree of TRS to drive  a school bus without losing
retirement benefits.   

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 2057 amends the Government Code to prohibit the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas from withholding a monthly benefit payment of a
member who is employed in a Texas public educational institution if the
member has retired without a reduction for retirement at an early age and
is employed as a bus driver for a school district on as much as a full-time
basis.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the
2001-2002 school year.