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.