By: Watson	S.B. No. 1286

	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.  Subsection (b), Section 2.03, 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.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 10.01, 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
	Subsection (b), Section 2.03, 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.