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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption or implementation of certain optional |
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provisions by municipalities participating in the Texas Municipal |
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Retirement System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 852, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 852.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 852.0021. ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN |
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OPTIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) In this section, "covered employee" means |
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an employee or retiree of a participating municipality who is |
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covered or who, at the time of retirement, was covered by: |
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(1) a meet and confer agreement adopted under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 142, Local Government Code; or |
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(2) a collective bargaining agreement adopted under |
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Chapter 174, Local Government Code. |
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(b) Before the governing body of a participating |
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municipality by ordinance or other means adopts or implements an |
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optional provision permitted under this subtitle, including an |
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optional increase in retirement annuities under Section 854.203 or |
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an optional increase in the rate of member contributions under |
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Section 855.401(b), that applies to covered employees, the |
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municipality may negotiate and reach an agreement with the |
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appropriate associations representing the covered employees |
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regarding whether or how the proposed provision will apply to the |
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covered employees. Notwithstanding any other law, changes |
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negotiated under this section with respect to the adoption or |
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implementation of an optional provision under this subtitle may |
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only apply to covered employees. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an optional provision permitted under Subtitle G, Title 8, |
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Government Code, that is adopted or implemented by a municipality |
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participating in the Texas Municipal Retirement System on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. An optional provision adopted or |
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implemented before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law as it existed immediately before that date, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |