Sec. 815.106. INFORMATION TO LEGISLATURE. (a) The retirement system may not use any money under its control to influence the outcome of an election or to support the passage or defeat of legislation.
(b) This section does not prohibit the board of trustees, as fiduciaries of the trust fund and as trustees of other programs administered by the board, or the officers or employees of the retirement system, as designees of the board, from making recommendations to the legislature concerning the actuarial soundness of a retirement system administered by the board, the fiscal or legal implications of proposed legislation, or statutory changes designed to more efficiently administer and effectuate the purposes of a retirement system or other program administered by the board. In addition, the board or an officer or employee of the retirement system may provide to a member of the legislature or a legislative committee, at the request of the member or committee, any factual information that is not made confidential by law.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1048, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Board of Trustees
Section 815.101. General Administration
Section 815.1025. Use of Alternative Rulemaking and Dispute Resolution
Section 815.103. Administering System Assets
Section 815.104. Designation of Authority to Sign Vouchers
Section 815.105. Adopting Tables
Section 815.106. Information to Legislature
Section 815.107. Records of Board of Trustees