Bill Text: TX HB1677 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the administration and funding of retirement systems for firefighters in certain municipalities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB1677 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1677-Introduced.html

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82R7591 SGA-F
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1677

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration and funding of retirement systems
for firefighters in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.03(b), Chapter 183 (S.B. 598), Acts of
the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 6243e.1,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
(b) Between November 1 of each year and the first Monday in
January of the following year, the board of trustees shall hold an
election to elect one member of the board of trustees. If only one
firefighter or retiree is nominated for a position under Subsection
(c) of this section, instead of holding an election, the board of
trustees may appoint the sole nominated candidate at the first
board meeting in January. The board shall adopt procedures for the
appointment of a sole nominated candidate under this subsection. A
board member appointed under this subsection is considered elected
for purposes of this Act.
SECTION 2. Sections 10.01(a) and (b), Chapter 183 (S.B.
598), Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article
6243e.1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
follows:
(a) Each municipality in which a fire department to which
this Act applies is located shall appropriate and contribute to the
fund an amount equal to a percentage [18.05 percent] of the
compensation of all members during that month as follows:
(1) 19.05 percent, beginning on the first pay date
following September 30, 2010, through the pay date immediately
preceding September 30, 2011;
(2) 20.05 percent, beginning on the first pay date
following September 30, 2011, through the pay date immediately
preceding September 30, 2012;
(3) 21.05 percent, for 24 pay dates of the
municipality beginning on the first pay date following September
30, 2012; and
(4) 22.05 percent, for all pay dates of the
municipality that follow the 24 pay dates referenced in Subdivision
(3) of this subsection.
(b) Each firefighter shall pay into the fund each month a
percentage [13.70 percent] of the firefighter's compensation for
that month as follows:
(1) 15.70 percent, for the pay dates of the
municipality following September 30, 2010, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2011;
(2) 16.20 percent, beginning on the first pay date of
the municipality following September 30, 2011, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2012;
(3) 16.70 percent, beginning on the first pay date of
the municipality following September 30, 2012, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2013;
(4) 17.20 percent, beginning on the first pay date of
the municipality following September 30, 2013, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2014;
(5) 17.70 percent, beginning on the first pay date of
the municipality following September 30, 2014, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2015;
(6) 18.20 percent, beginning on the first pay date of
the municipality following September 30, 2015, through the pay date
immediately preceding September 30, 2016; and
(7) 18.70 percent, for the first pay date of the
municipality following September 30, 2016, and all subsequent pay
dates of the municipality.
SECTION 3. The board of trustees of a retirement system
subject to this Act shall adopt procedures required under Section
2.03(b), Chapter 183 (S.B. 598), Acts of the 64th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1975 (Article 6243e.1, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), as amended by this Act, before a sole nominated
candidate may be appointed to the board of trustees.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.