HBA-JEK, TBM H.B. 853 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 853
By: McClendon
Pensions & Investments
2/20/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law an employee of the State of Texas is able, on retirement,
to use accumulated sick leave as time credited towards the employee's
retirement.  However, a state employee whose employment is terminated
before retirement loses all of the accumulated sick leave and sick leave
retirement credit.  House Bill 853 provides that employees with at least 10
years of service may use the accumulated sick leave as retirement credit
even if employment is terminated. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 853 amends the Government Code to entitle a person who holds a
position included in the employee class of membership (member) in the
Employees Retirement System of Texas during the month that includes the
effective date of the member's termination of employment and has at least
10 years of membership service to earn service credit in the retirement
system for the member's accumulated and unused sick leave.  If a member
returns to employment with the state before the first anniversary of the
date of the member's termination of employment, the member is not entitled
to service credit previously credited for accumulated sick leave.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.