BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 399
                                                        By: Ellis
                                                        Education
                                                           3-2-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Current law requires the executive director of the Teacher
Retirement System to meet a residency requirement.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 399 deletes the provision requiring a person, in
order to be eligible to serve as the executive director of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas, to have been a citizen of this
state for the three years immediately preceding the appointment.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 825.202, Government Code, to delete the
provision requiring a person, in order to be eligible to serve as
the executive director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas,
to have been a citizen of this state for the three years
immediately preceding the appointment. Redesignates existing
Subsections (d) and (e).

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.