HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Pensions and Investments TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, February 25, 1997 PLACE: E1.010 CHAIR: Rep. Barry Telford ___________________________________________________________________________ To Consider The Following: HB 475 Craddick Relating to the effect of certain types of divorce decrees on retirement benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 735 Kuempel Relating to investments by the boards of trustees of local retirement systems for firefighters. HB 803 Kuempel Relating to investment of the volunteer firefighters' relief and retirement fund. HB 1113 Kuempel Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and benefits and administration of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. HB 336 Telford Relating to the administration of retirement systems for paid or partly paid firefighters. HB 337 Telford Relating to participation in and benefits from a statewide retirement system for volunteer firefighters and other emergency services personnel. HCR 29 Telford Authorizing a cost-of-living increase in benefits for certain retirees proposed by the state board of trustees of the Texas Statewide Volunteer Firefighters' Retirement Fund. ___________________________________________________________________________