** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance
SUBCOMMITTEE: ERS AND TRS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Thursday, May 4, 2000

PLACE: E1.036

CHAIR: Senator Steve Ogden

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I.   CALL TO ORDER

II.  INVITED TESTIMONY

     *  Jerry Haddican - Legislative Council
        Legal background on retirement benefits provided through ERS

     *  Stephanie Coates - Legislative Budget Board
        Appropriations to ERS for retirement benefits

     *  Sheila Beckett - Exec. Director, Employees Retirement System
        Defined benefit plan, deferred compensation plans, TEXFLEX,
        and other benefits provided through ERS

     *  Ronald K. Snell - Division Director, National Conference of
        State Legislatures
        Defined contribution and defined benefit plans among states

     *  Matthew P. Lathrop - Director, Commerce and Economic
        Development Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council
        Defined contribution plans

     *  Rita Horwitz - Executive Director, State Pension Review Board
        Defined contribution and defined benefit plans

     *  Charles Dunlap - Executive Director, Teacher Retirement System
        Catastrophic health insurance coverage option for teachers

III. PUBLIC TESTIMONY

IV.  RECESS


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