BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1264 By: Dear 03-14-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Currently a teacher moving from another state must have ten or more years of membership service credit in public schools to qualify for insurance coverage. PURPOSE This bill would allow teachers to purchase out-of-state service credit to qualify for insurance coverage with at least five years of service, making it easier for districts that recruit some of their teachers from other states. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1: Section 823.401 is amended to add subsection (h) to change the years of service credit from ten or more to at least five. SECTION 2: Effective date is September 1, 1995 SECTION 3: Emergency clause SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION Public notice was posted in accordance to the rules and a public hearing was held on March 6, 1995. Rep. Homer Dear testified as the bill's author. Randy Mercer representing the Teacher Retirement System testified neutrally on the bill. The following persons testified for the bill: Joe Ross representing Fort Worth ISD Brock Gregg representing the Assoc. of Texas Professional Educators The bill was referred to a subcommittee consisting of the following members: McCall-Chairman, Averitt & Rangel. On March 8, 1995, the subcommittee met in a formal meeting. The bill was left pending. On March 9, 1995, the subcommittee met in a formal meeting and voted to report the measure without amendments. On March 13, 1995, the full committee voted to report HB 1264 to the House without amendment with the recommendation that it do pass by a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 pnv and 3 absent.