By: Truitt (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 2870
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2007;
  May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 11, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to member contributions to certain retirement,
  disability, and death benefit systems provided by certain cities
  and towns.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 426, Acts of the 64th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 6243k, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2.  (a) An incorporated city or town may create a
  retirement, disability, and death benefit system for its appointive
  officers and employees if a majority of the qualified voters of the
  city or town voting on the proposition approve the creation at an
  election called for that purpose. Each member of the system shall
  contribute to the system an amount determined by the city or town,
  which, except as provided by Subsection (b), may not exceed 10
  percent of the member's annual compensation paid by the city or
  town, and the city or town shall contribute for each member an
  amount that at least equals but is not more than twice the amount of
  the member's contribution. A member of a municipal system is
  eligible for disability benefits if he is disabled in the course of
  his employment with the city or town. A member is eligible for
  retirement benefits if he is 65 years old or older, or he is 60 years
  old but less than 65 years old and has been employed by the city or
  town for 25 years or more.
         (b)  Each member of a retirement, disability, and death
  benefit system provided under this section by a city or town shall
  contribute to the system an amount determined by the city or town
  that may exceed 10 percent of the annual compensation paid to the
  member by the city or town if the city or town:
               (1)  has a population of 500,000 or more; and
               (2)  is located in a county:
                     (A)  that has a population of 1.4 million or more;
  and
                     (B)  in which two or more cities or towns that each
  have a population of 300,000 or more are predominately located.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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