Texas Public Employees Association Honors Glenn Hegar

The Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA), the largest nonunion, nonpartisan association for active and retired Texas state employees, honored Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar with a resolution and award for keeping a spotlight on efforts to restore the ERS pension plan. In addition to keeping the Texas budget balanced at a particularly tough time for the state, Hegar helped bring awareness to the ERS pension funding crisis and because of his efforts, helped put state employee pensions on a path to solvency.

“Comptroller Hegar stood out this year as an outstanding leader who is dedicated to the people of Texas,” said Ann Bishop, executive director. “We are happy to recognize Comptroller Hegar for rolling up his sleeves to protect quality benefits for hundreds of thousands of essential Texas employees and retirees.”

TPEA was instrumental in the creation of the ERS pension fund and health insurance for state employees and retirees. Most recently, the association lobbied the legislature to pass SB 321, which creates a cash balance retirement plan for incoming new state employees effective September 1, 2022.