HBA-MPM H.B. 3345 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3345
By: Tillery
Pensions and Investments
3/29/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act does not apply to
any municipality providing retirement benefits that was organized before
September 1, 1989.  H.B. 3345 authorizes those municipalities to fall under
the protections of this Act if the membership of the fire department votes
to do so. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 3(a)(3), Article 6243e, V.T.C.S. (Texas Local
Fire Fighters Retirement Act), to make this Act applicable to each
municipality in the state that has a regularly organized fire department
not consisting exclusively of volunteers, except a municipality that has
effected a program providing retirement benefits for fire department
personnel that was established by charter or ordinance before September 1,
1989, and where the members of that department have not voted to come under
the provisions of this Act. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 1999

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.