LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATURE 3rd CALLED SESSION - 2003

September 16, 2003

TO:	Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB31 by Pitts (Relating to certain provisions regarding teachers and retired teachers.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  

Sections 3 and 4 of the bill would clarify eligibility standards regarding the compensation supplement for active school district employees. According to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), funds would distributed accordingly in response to this clarification.

The provision in Section 1 which allows a TRS member to use purchased military credit in order to qualify for TRS-Care insurance benefits may have a fiscal impact to the TRS-Care insurance trust fund in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

323 Teacher Retirement System

LBB Staff:

JK, SD, RN