83R7848 KFF-D
By: Strama H.B. No. 3213
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the
Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 815.001, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 815.001. COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The board
of trustees is composed of seven [six] members.
SECTION 2. Section 815.003, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) through (d) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Four [Three] members of the board of trustees are
nominated and elected by members of the retirement system and
retirees under rules adopted by the board.
(b) Three elected members [To be eligible to serve as an
elected member] of the board[, a person] must be members [a member]
of the retirement system and must hold positions [a position] that:
(1) are [is] included in the employee class of
membership; and
(2) are [is] not with an agency or department with
which another trustee holds a position.
(b-1) One elected member must be a retiree.
(c) Elected trustees hold office for staggered terms of six
years, with the term of one or two trustees, as appropriate,
[trustee] expiring on August 31 of each odd-numbered year.
(d) The board shall hold elections for the members and
retirees to nominate and elect the appropriate number of trustees
[a trustee] before August 31 of each odd-numbered year. The board
shall make ballots available to members of the retirement system
and retirees and all votes must be cast on those ballots.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 815.003(d), Government
Code, as it existed on January 1, 2013, the board of trustees of the
Employees Retirement System of Texas shall postpone, if necessary,
the normal 2013 election of a member to serve on the board. The
board of trustees shall hold an election as soon as possible after
the effective date of this Act to elect:
(1) a retiree of the Employees Retirement System of
Texas as required by Section 815.003(b-1), Government Code, as
added by this Act; and
(2) a member to fill the elected position expiring
August 31, 2013.
SECTION 4. 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, 2013.