82R11401 KFF-D By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3548 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the investment authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 815.301(h)(1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) "Emerging fund manager" means a private professional investment manager that manages assets of not more than $5 [$2] billion. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a contract between the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and an emerging fund manager under Section 815.301(c), Government Code, that is awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was awarded, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.