SRC-CTC S.B. 1664 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1664
77R7242 GJH-DBy: Wentworth
Education
4/9/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, public school teachers do not receive credit for time spent
teaching in a Texas college or university for the purposes of retirement
eligibility.  Years enrolled in the optional retirement program are not
counted towards years of service in the Teacher Retirement System (TRS).
As proposed, S.B. 1664 authorizes TRS to count, for a member who has at
least 20 years of service credit as a classroom teacher, up to two years of
service performed as a participant in the optional retirement program. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 824.202, Government Code, to require the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas (TRS), for the sole purpose of determining
retirement eligibility under Subsection (a)(4), to consider for a member
who has at least 20 years of service credit as a classroom teacher up to
two years of service performed as a participant in the optional retirement
program under Chapter 830 as if it were service for which credit is
established in TRS. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.