89R9327 RDR-F
By: Villalobos H.B. No. 3161
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement
System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 855.401(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Each municipality that has one or more departments
participating in the retirement system by ordinance shall designate
the rate of member contributions for employees. The municipality
shall elect a rate of five, six, [or] seven, or eight percent of the
employees' compensation. All departments of a participating
municipality must have the same employee contribution rate, except
that any municipality that before September 1, 1991, has elected to
have different rates of member contributions in different
departments may continue member contributions in accordance with
its existing ordinances until the municipality elects to equalize
the rates.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.