| 1 | 1 | | 82R13284 CBE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Truitt H.C.R. No. 99 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Employers include health and retirement benefits in |
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| 7 | 7 | | their compensation packages as a competitive business practice; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The State of Texas is required by law to provide |
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| 9 | 9 | | health and retirement benefits through the Employees Retirement |
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| 10 | 10 | | System of Texas, and these benefits serve to attract and retain |
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| 11 | 11 | | employees; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Recent state and national events have illustrated |
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| 13 | 13 | | the economic and political challenges in providing benefit |
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| 14 | 14 | | programs, but the fact remains that benefits play an important role |
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| 15 | 15 | | in fostering, promoting, and encouraging state service; now, |
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| 16 | 16 | | therefore, be it |
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| 17 | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 18 | 18 | | hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house |
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| 19 | 19 | | of representatives to create a joint interim committee to conduct a |
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| 20 | 20 | | comprehensive, data-driven study of the benefits, including health |
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| 21 | 21 | | insurance, retirement programs, and other benefits, of active and |
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| 22 | 22 | | retired employees of the State of Texas; and, be it further |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the study's purview cover the programs |
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| 24 | 24 | | administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas; and, be |
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| 25 | 25 | | it further |
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| 26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the study specifically consider: (1) the |
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| 27 | 27 | | impact on the state of offering retirement and health benefits; (2) |
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| 28 | 28 | | the impact on employees of being offered retirement and health |
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| 29 | 29 | | benefits; and (3) the impact of retiree health benefits in |
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| 30 | 30 | | calculating Other Post-Employment Benefit (OPEB) liabilities; and, |
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| 31 | 31 | | be it further |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the study specifically address the |
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| 33 | 33 | | feasibility of the current defined benefit plan, as well as the |
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| 34 | 34 | | feasibility of creating a defined contribution or hybrid plan, |
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| 35 | 35 | | placing each option within the context of (1) providing a proper |
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| 36 | 36 | | system for managing risk; (2) encouraging employee behavior that |
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| 37 | 37 | | best meets the workforce needs of the State of Texas; (3) funding |
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| 38 | 38 | | benefits in a sound manner; and (4) providing adequate retirement |
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| 39 | 39 | | income at a reasonable retirement age after a reasonable period of |
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| 40 | 40 | | employment; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the committee submit not later than September |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1, 2012, a full report, including findings and recommendations, to |
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| 43 | 43 | | the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 44 | 44 | | representatives, and the governor. |
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