85R2632 TSR-F
By: Murphy H.B. No. 1502
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain local public retirement systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 810, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 810.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 810.004. MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM
PROVISIONS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Agreement" means a jointly arrived at decision
affecting the plan provisions of a public retirement system and
includes any mutually agreed upon changes made by a public
retirement system, the system's sponsoring municipality, and an
employee group, regardless of whether the agreement is achieved
through collective bargaining, meet and confer arrangements, or any
other procedure applicable to the retirement system under its
enabling statute.
(2) "Public retirement system" has the meaning
assigned by Section 802.001.
(b) This section applies to only the following public
retirement systems:
(1) the City of Austin Employees' Retirement System
under Chapter 451 (S.B. 737), Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 1991 (Article 6243n, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(2) the Austin Fire Fighters Relief and Retirement
Fund under Chapter 183 (S.B. 598), Acts of the 64th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1975 (Article 6243e.1, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes);
(3) the Austin Police Retirement System under Chapter
452 (S.B. 738), Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991
(Article 6243n-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(4) the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System under
Article 6243a-1, Revised Statutes;
(5) the El Paso Firemen and Policemen's Pension Fund
under Chapter 101 (H.B. 31), Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st
Called Session, 1933 (Article 6243b, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes);
(6) the Fort Worth Employees' Retirement Fund under
Article 6243i, Revised Statutes;
(7) the Galveston Employees' Retirement Plan for
Police under Chapter 325 (H.B. 2259), Acts of the 75th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1997 (Article 6243p, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes);
(8) the Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement
Fund under Article 6243e.2(1), Revised Statutes;
(9) the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
under Chapter 88 (H.B. 1573), Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2001 (Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
(10) the Houston Police Officers' Pension System under
Article 6243g-4, Revised Statutes; and
(11) the San Antonio Fire and Police Pension Fund
under Chapter 824 (S.B. 817), Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 1993 (Article 6243o, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e) of this section and
Sections 66 and 67, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is the
sponsoring authority of a public retirement system may adopt by
ordinance or resolution, as applicable, provisions that supplement
or supersede the operative provisions of the public retirement
system's statute, including any provision relating to the benefits,
participation and eligibility requirements, funding source or
amount, and administration of the system.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to the extent of a
conflict between a statute adopted before the effective date of the
Act enacting this section that applies to a public retirement
system described by Subsection (b) and a municipal ordinance or
resolution adopted by the governing body of the sponsoring
municipality of that retirement system under this section, the
municipal ordinance or resolution prevails.
(e) An agreement entered into before September 1, 2017,
remains in effect until the earlier of:
(1) the expiration date provided by the agreement; or
(2) August 31, 2027.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.