82R9847 KFF-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2683
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption or implementation of certain optional
provisions by municipalities participating in the Texas Municipal
Retirement System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 852, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 852.0021 to read as follows:
Sec. 852.0021. ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN
OPTIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) In this section, "covered employee" means
an employee or retiree of a participating municipality who is
covered or who, at the time of retirement, was covered by:
(1) a meet and confer agreement adopted under
Subchapter B, Chapter 142, Local Government Code; or
(2) a collective bargaining agreement adopted under
Chapter 174, Local Government Code.
(b) Before the governing body of a participating
municipality by ordinance or other means adopts or implements an
optional provision permitted under this subtitle, including an
optional increase in retirement annuities under Section 854.203 or
an optional increase in the rate of member contributions under
Section 855.401(b), that applies to covered employees, the
municipality may negotiate and reach an agreement with the
appropriate associations representing the covered employees
regarding whether or how the proposed provision will apply to the
covered employees. Notwithstanding any other law, changes
negotiated under this section with respect to the adoption or
implementation of an optional provision under this subtitle may
only apply to covered employees.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an optional provision permitted under Subtitle G, Title 8,
Government Code, that is adopted or implemented by a municipality
participating in the Texas Municipal Retirement System on or after
the effective date of this Act. An optional provision adopted or
implemented before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law as it existed immediately before that date, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.