H.B. No. 9
AN ACT
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ting to the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 812.003(a), (d), and (e), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and
(d)], membership in the employee class of the retirement system
includes all employees and appointed officers of every department,
commission, board, agency, or institution of the state except:
(1) independent contractors and their employees
performing work for the state; and
(2) persons disqualified from membership under
Section 812.201.
(d) Membership in the employee class begins on the [91st day
after the] first day a person is employed or holds office.
(e) A person who is reemployed or who again holds office
after withdrawing contributions under Subchapter B for previous
service credited in the employee class begins membership in the
employee class on the [91st day after the] first day the person is
reemployed or again holds office.
SECTION 2. Section 813.514, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) This section applies only to a member who became a
member before September 1, 2015.
(a-1) A member may establish service credit under this
section in the employee class only for service performed during a
90-day waiting period to become a member after beginning employment
or holding office.
SECTION 3. Section 815.402(a), Government Code, is 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) 9.5 [6.6 percent of the compensation if the member
is not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after
August 31, 2013, and before September 1, 2014;
[(2) 6.9 percent of the compensation if the member is
not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after August
31, 2014, and before September 1, 2015;
[(3) 7.2] percent of the compensation if the member is
not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after August
31, 2015, and before September 1, 2017 [2016];
(2) [(4) 7.5 percent of the compensation if the
member is not a member of the legislature, for service rendered
after August 31, 2016;
[(5)] for service by a member who is not a member of
the legislature rendered on or after September 1, 2017, the lesser
of:
(A) 9.5 [7.5] percent of the member's annual
compensation; or
(B) a percentage of the member's annual
compensation equal to 9.5 [7.5] percent reduced by one-tenth of one
percent for each one-tenth of one percent that the state
contribution rate for the fiscal year to which the service relates
is less than the state contribution rate established for the 2017
[2015] fiscal year; or
(3) 9.5 [(6) eight] percent of the compensation if the
member is a member of the legislature.
SECTION 4. Section 812.003(f), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the House on April 14,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 9 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor