Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB483 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/27/2021

                    87R2487 KFF-D
 By: Schwertner S.B. No. 483


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a biennial report on the investment returns of the
 Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement
 System of Texas.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 802, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 802.1085 to read as follows:
 Sec. 802.1085.  BIENNIAL REPORT ON INVESTMENT RETURNS OF
 CERTAIN PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. (a) This section applies only
 to the:
 (1)  Employees Retirement System of Texas; and
 (2)  Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
 (b)  In November of each even-numbered year, the governing
 body of a public retirement system shall submit to the governor, the
 lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a report
 that details and compares the assumed rate of return and the actual
 rate of return achieved by the system for the most recent 1-year,
 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year periods. The report must include:
 (1)  an estimate of what the book value of the total
 assets of the fund would have been for each period had the system
 achieved the applicable assumed rate of return; and
 (2)  for each period, a comparison of the estimate
 described by Subdivision (1) and the actual book value of total
 assets in the fund.
 (c)  The report required by this section may be combined with
 any other report required by law.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.