34 TAC §41.42
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) adopts amendments
to §41.42 concerning payment of supplemental compensation. The proposed
amendments are adopted without changes to the text as published in the January
7, 2005, issue of the
Texas Register
(30 TexReg
17) and therefore will not be republished.
The amendments update the section in light of the discontinuation of TRS's
health reimbursement account (HRA) program and primarily address the definitions
of terms used in the section. Effective beginning with fiscal year 2005, the
amendments change the term "professional employee" to "professional staff"
but continue to apply the same definition to the renamed term. The amendments
also specify which entities are affected by the rule and fully define full-time
and part-time employees rather than referring to definitions in prior statutes.
The HRA program was to go into effect on September 1, 2004, and the definitions
of the appropriate terms were contained in those rules. However, the HRA program
was discontinued effective September 1, 2004, requiring that the definitions
be made applicable to the supplemental compensation program for fiscal year
2005 and that certain terms be fully defined so that the supplemental compensation
can be paid to eligible employees during fiscal year 2005.
No comments on the proposal were received.
The amendments are adopted under Chapter 825, §825.102,
Government Code, which authorizes the TRS Board of Trustees to adopt rules
for, among other things, the transaction of business of the board. The amendments
are also adopted under House Bill 1, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, which
defines the supplemental compensation program effective September 1, 2004.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on March 7, 2005.
TRD-200501044
Ronnie G. Jung
Executive Director
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Effective date: March 27, 2005
Proposal publication date: January 7, 2005
For further information, please call: (512) 542-6438