This report covers the responses House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services received for their RFI on Charges #2 and #4, relating to monitoring TRS’s implementation of high deductible regional plans [...]
The House Pensions Committee heard invited and public testimony regarding interim charges related to oversight of legislation passed in the 85th Legislative Session, funding soundness of This report is intended [...]
The Legislative Budget Board met on August 21 to hear from the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System concerning the agency’s Legislative Appropriation Request for the 86th Session and key exceptional [...]
The Senate Committee on State Affairs met on March 20 to take up legislation related to handgun license fees and regulation, public pension fund and retirement systems, and a constitutional [...]
Coinciding with his State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott today released his budget for the 2018-19 biennium, which provides even further insight into the Governor’s legislative priorities. The [...]
On Tuesday, January 17, Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) filed SB 1, the Senate's base budget, establishing the state's funding priorities for the next two years. The text of the [...]
The Texas House released the first batch of interim reports from House committees on Thursday. Reports from nine committees were posted online. One of those reports came from the House [...]
The Texas Public Policy Foundation held a day-long summit filled with 3 panel sessions and a keynote lunch to discuss the ways to keep pension promises. This report covers the [...]
According to a recent State Audit Report on the Financial Processes at the Pension Review Board (PRB), in fiscal year 2015, PRB had significant weaknesses in succession planning, cross-training, and [...]
The Pension Review Board met to hear a regular agenda, including updates on MET implementation, PRB budget, and system compliance. The report below details these discussions.