H.B. No. 9
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  rela
  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       
   
           __________________
                Governor