Bill Text: TX HB1502 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain local public retirement systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Pensions [HB1502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1502-Introduced.html
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| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 1502 | |
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| 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. | ||
