State and Local Retirement Systems in Texas

September 1, 2015

James Quintero

James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.

In June 2015, unfunded pension liabilities for Texas’ state and local retirement systems grew to almost $57.5 billion, totaling more than $42,000 owed per active member. From May 2014 to June 2015, unfunded pension liabilities have increased by more than $4.3 billion.

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