HBA-MPM H.B. 2157 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2157
By: Thompson
Pensions & Investments
4/19/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, teachers who wish to retire are entitled to receive credit
toward retirement in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas in the amount
of one year of service credit for 50 days or more or 400 or more hours of
cumulative personal or sick leave.  A teacher could receive more credits
toward retirement if the teacher saves the teacher's accrued personal and
sick leave days.  House Bill 2157 provides that the maximum amount of time
for which accumulated sick and personal leave may be accrued is three
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 2157 amends the Government Code to provide that the maximum
amount of credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for accumulated
personal or sick leave that may be established is three years. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.