82R13095 KFF-F
By: Orr H.B. No. 3100
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employee contributions to the Employees Retirement
System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 815.402(a) and (h), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 813.201, each payroll
period, each department or agency of the state shall cause to be
deducted from each member's compensation a contribution of:
(1) 6.5 percent of the compensation if the member is
not a member of the legislature[, provided that if the state
contribution to the retirement system is computed using a
percentage less than 6.5 percent, the member's contribution is
computed using a percentage equal to the percentage used to compute
the state contribution, which may not be less than six percent]; or
(2) eight percent of the compensation if the member is
a member of the legislature.
(h) In addition to the contribution under Subsection
(a)(1), each department or agency of the state that employs a law
enforcement or custodial officer shall deduct an additional 0.5
percent contribution from that member's compensation, to be
deposited in the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental
retirement fund[, provided that, if the state contribution to the
law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund
is computed using a percentage less than 0.5 percent, the member's
contribution is computed using a percentage equal to the percentage
used to compute the state contribution].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.