Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar will deliver a lecture at Texas State University on Monday, April 15.
Hegar will speak at 4 p.m. in the Undergraduate Academic Center, room 105. The event, sponsored by Discourse in Democracy and the Department of Political Science, is free and open to the public.
Hegar will discuss long-term financial obligations Texas faces in areas such as state employee pensions, healthcare benefits for retired teachers, the state’s prepaid tuition program and deferred maintenance for state-owned buildings. In anticipation of these financial threats, the Texas comptroller’s office has proposed the Texas Legacy Fund, a permanent endowment created from a portion of the state’s rainy day fund. The Texas Legacy Fund would generate investment earnings specifically for addressing such long-term obligations.
