HBA-TBM H.B. 927 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 927
By: Hill
Pensions & Investment
6/7/7/3/2001
Enrolled

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 77th Legislature, state law provided that permanently disabled
retirees who were incapable of ever working again must submit an annual
earnings report (report) to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) to
inform the agency that they were still unemployable.  The report had to be
notarized and mailed to TRS every year even when a retiree's disability was
immutable, which may have caused an excess burden for the retiree and the
retiree's care giver.  House Bill 927 repeals the annual earnings report
requirement for all disability retirees of TRS who are less than 60 years
old.   

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 927 amends the Government Code to repeal the provision requiring
a disability retiree who is less than 60 years old to annually submit a
report of earnings to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.  
EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.