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Amend CSHB 1882 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 8, line 25, strike "6.5" and substitute "7.5 [6.5]".
(2) Strike page 8, line 26, through page 9, line 9, and substitute "not a member of the legislature[, provided that if the state contribution to the retirement system is computed using a percentage less than 6.5 percent, the member's contribution is computed using a percentage equal to the percentage used to compute the state contribution, which may not be less than six percent]; or".
(3) On page 13, strike lines 13-23 and substitute the following:
(1) Section 76.006(i);
(2) Section 606.030(f);
(3) Sections 813.509(d) and (e);
(4) Sections 813.511(d) and (e);
(5) Section 814.105(c);
(6) Section 814.1075; and
(7) Section 840.401.
(b) Section 1551.321, Insurance Code, is repealed.
(4) Strike page 13, line 24, through page 14, line 23, and substitute the following:
SECTION 25. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 661.091, 813.509, 813.511, 814.105, and 814.107, Government Code, apply only to a person who is hired on or after September 1, 2013, to work in a position that requires membership in the Employees Retirement System of Texas. A person hired before September 1, 2013, to work in a position that requires membership in the Employees Retirement System of Texas is subject to those laws as they existed immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(5) On page 15, strike lines 13-22 and substitute the following:
(c) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1551.1055, Insurance Code, take effect September 1, 2014.
(d) Section 1551.3196, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2014.
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 815, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 815.4035 to read as follows:
Sec. 815.4035. COLLECTION OF STATE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION. (a) Except as provided by Section 813.201, each payroll period each department or agency of the state shall make a state retirement contribution in an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the total compensation of all of that department's or agency's employees who are members of the retirement system.
(b) Each department or agency head shall certify to the board of trustees and to the disbursing officer of the department or agency on each payroll, or in another manner prescribed by the board, the amount of the department's or agency's state retirement contribution based on the department's or agency's total compensation amount for that payroll period.
(c) The disbursing officer of each department or agency on authority from the department or agency head shall:
(1) transmit monthly, or at the time designated by the board of trustees, a certified copy of the payroll or report to the retirement system; and
(2) pay the amount of the department's or agency's state retirement contribution to the retirement system for deposit in the state accumulation account.
(d) The retirement system shall record all receipts of department or agency contributions and shall deliver the receipts to the comptroller. The comptroller shall credit the receipts to the state accumulation account.
(7) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.