Hill v. Board of Trustees of the Retirement System of Texas

KIDD, Justice.

We must determine whether Samuel Hill exhausted his administrative remedies sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the district court to consider his petition for judicial review. The Employees Retirement System of Texas (“ERS”) challenged the sufficiency of Hill’s motion for rehearing filed before the agency. Because we conclude that the specificity of a motion for rehearing is not jurisdictional, we reverse the trial court’s order of dismissal for want of jurisdiction and remand for further proceedings.

Background

As a state employee, Hill was covered by the uniform group…