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


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 927
By: Hill
Pensions & Investment
3/18/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, permanently disabled retirees who are 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 are still
unemployable.  The report has to be notarized and mailed to TRS every year
even when a retiree's disability is immutable, which may cause an excess
burden for the retiree and the retiree's care giver.  C.S.H.B. 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

C.S.H.B. 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

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 927 repeals the provision relating to the report of earnings of a
disability retiree rather than providing that a disability retiree who is
certified to be permanently and totally disabled is not required to
annually submit the report of earnings to the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas.