79R2224 SGA-D

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 1568



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to membership in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 812.003(e), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(e)  Membership [For persons whose employment or office 
holding begins before September 1, 2005, membership] in the 
employee class begins on the 91st day after the first day a person 
is employed or holds office.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 812.003(d) and (h), Government Code, 
are repealed.      
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.