HBA-MPM H.B. 2122 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2122 By: Tillery Pensions & Investments 6/13/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In 1997, the 75th Legislature redesignated the Texas Statewide Volunteer Fire Fighters Retirement Fund as the Texas Statewide Emergency Services Personnel Retirement Fund to extend benefits from a statewide retirement system to volunteer firefighters and other emergency services personnel. House Bill 2122 makes technical and administrative changes to the Texas Statewide Emergency Services Retirement Act to facilitate the efficient operation of the fund. 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 2122 amends the Texas Statewide Emergency Services Retirement Act to specify that six members rather than all nine members of the state board of trustees must be active members of the fund, and that five members of the local board of trustees representing emergency services personnel are active. The bill requires the board to determine the appeal of a decision of a local board of trustees based on the hearing record of the state office of administrative hearings. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.