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


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 927
By: Hill
Pensions & Investments
3/4/2001
Introduced



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 caregiver.  House Bill 927
provides that a permanently disabled retiree of TRS is not required to
submit an annual earnings report.   

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

House Bill 927 amends the Government Code to provide that a disability
retiree who is certified to be permanently and totally disabled by the
medical board is not required to annually submit a report of earnings to
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.