By Barrientos S.B. No. 639
77R4022 SGA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the retirement board for the
1-3 retirement systems for police officers in certain municipalities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 3.02(a) and (b), Chapter 452, Acts of the
1-6 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n-1, Vernon's
1-7 Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) The police retirement board shall be composed of 13 [11]
1-9 members as follows:
1-10 (1) one council member designated by the city council;
1-11 (2) the city manager or the city manager's designee;
1-12 (3) the director of finance or the director's
1-13 designee;
1-14 (4) five police officer members elected by the police
1-15 officer members of the system, each of whom serves for a term of
1-16 four years;
1-17 (5) one legally qualified voter of the city, resident
1-18 for the preceding five years, to be appointed by the police
1-19 retirement board to serve for a term of four years and until the
1-20 member's successor is duly selected and qualified; [and]
1-21 (6) three [two] retired members [to be] elected by the
1-22 retired members to serve for a term of four years; and
1-23 (7) one active police officer who is the president of
1-24 an association recognized under Subchapter I, Chapter 143, Local
2-1 Government Code, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all
2-2 of the covered police officers of the city, or a person designated
2-3 by that president[, with the term of one member expiring each
2-4 odd-numbered year].
2-5 (b) The terms of two members elected as described by
2-6 Subsection (a)(4) of this section expire in 2001 and every fourth
2-7 subsequent year, and the terms of three members elected as
2-8 described by Subsection (a)(4) of this section expire in 2003 and
2-9 every fourth subsequent year. The term of the person serving on
2-10 the board as provided by Subsection (a)(7) of this section begins
2-11 at the time of the first meeting of the board following the trustee
2-12 election in 2001.
2-13 SECTION 2. Section 3.03(j), Chapter 452, Acts of the 72nd
2-14 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n-1, Vernon's Texas
2-15 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-16 (j) An election for retired members shall be held during the
2-17 first week in December of each odd-numbered year. The terms of two
2-18 members serving on the board as provided by Section 3.02(a)(6) of
2-19 this Act begin at the first meeting of the board following the
2-20 trustee election in 2001 and expire in 2005 and every fourth
2-21 subsequent year. The term of the other member serving on the board
2-22 as provided by Section 3.02(a)(6) of this Act expires in 2003 and
2-23 every fourth subsequent year. When only one place on the board is
2-24 to be filled, the [The] retired member receiving the highest
2-25 number of votes in an election is elected. When two places on the
2-26 board are to be filled, the two retired members receiving the
2-27 highest and next highest number of votes in an election are
3-1 elected. In case of a tie vote, selection shall be by lot.
3-2 SECTION 3. The retiree who is serving immediately before the
3-3 effective date of this Act as a board member with a term expiring
3-4 in 2003 may complete that term, notwithstanding amendments made by
3-5 this Act to Section 3.03(j), Chapter 452, Acts of the 72nd
3-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n-1, Vernon's Texas
3-7 Civil Statutes).
3-8 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.