1-1     By:  Tillery (Senate Sponsor - West)                  H.B. No. 1888
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the administration of retirement systems for paid,
 1-9     partly paid, or volunteer fire fighters.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 21(f), Texas Local Fire Fighters
1-12     Retirement Act (Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
1-13     repealed.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Section 21A, Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement
1-15     Act (Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
1-16     amending Subsections (f) and (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read
1-17     as follows:
1-18           (f)  The fire fighters' pension commissioner shall hear
1-19     appeals as provided by this Act and may examine the records and
1-20     accounts of boards of trustees established under this Act and adopt
1-21     rules and prescribe forms for the administration of this Act and
1-22     shall classify and coordinate the reports of the various boards of
1-23     trustees and shall verify any and all applications of the boards of
1-24     trustees.
1-25           (g)  The fire fighters' pension commissioner shall file
1-26     annually with the governor and the presiding officer of each house
1-27     of the legislature a complete and detailed written report
1-28     accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the commissioner
1-29     during the preceding fiscal year, other than funds of the Fire
1-30     Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund established under the Texas
1-31     Statewide Volunteer Fire Fighters Retirement Act (Article 6243e.3,
1-32     Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).  The annual report must be in the
1-33     form and reported in the time provided by the General
1-34     Appropriations Act.
1-35           (h) [(g)]  The fire fighters' pension commissioner shall
1-36     prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who
1-37     does not speak English or who has a physical, mental, or
1-38     developmental disability can be provided reasonable access to the
1-39     programs administered by the commissioner.
1-40           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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