HB 159
| Raymond Zaffirini | Relating to the resumption of employment by certain retirees within the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: Allows retiree to return to work for the same city after 8 years of separation and still receive retirement benefits. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2120
| Miller, Doug Duncan | Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2193
| Truitt Duncan | Relating to service and qualifications for membership on an advisory committee established by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide advice to the board of trustees on investments and investment-related issues. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2460
| Truitt Wentworth | Relating to confidentiality of information held by a public retirement system. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: Would make pension information subject to the open records act. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3033
| Naishtat Watson | Relating to retirement under public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 350
| Williams Truitt | Relating to the restructuring of fund obligations and accounts of the Texas Municipal Retirement System and related actuarial and accounting procedures. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: TMRS fund restructure bill. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 812
| Zaffirini Raymond | Relating to the service retirement benefits of certain retirees who resume employment within the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: Allows retiree to return to work for the same city after 8 years of separation and still receive retirement benefits. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1285
| Watson Strama | Relating to contributions to the retirement systems for certain police officers in certain municipalities. |
| General Remarks: | AUSTIN POLICE PENSION BILL |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1286
| Watson Rodriguez | Relating to the administration and funding of retirement systems for firefighters in certain municipalities. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1664
| Duncan Truitt | Relating to the powers and duties of and benefits available under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1667
| Duncan Truitt | Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and to certain domestic relations orders. |
| General Remarks: | CLEAT has worked for the last several sessions to try improve pension benefits for officers working for universities and school districts who are members of the Teachers Retirement System (TRS). They are not included in the 20-year law enforcement retirement fund currently in the Employee Retirement System of Texas. One of the road blocks associated with trying to seek changes was the fact that the TRS does not keep records identifying which members of the system are peace officers. Because of this, TRS is unable to accurately determine the fiscal impact of changing the retirement plan for these officers or moving them into the ERS fund. Senator Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, filed SB 464 which would have required that TRS track this information. At the request of Senator Lucio, this requirement was added into SB 1667 which passed and was signed by the governor. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1668
| Duncan Truitt | Relating to purchase of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1669
| Duncan Truitt | Relating to the resumption of service by retirees under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1810
| Carona Truitt | Relating to the exemption of certain retirement accounts from access by creditors. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
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