Amend CSSB 1459 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 840.102(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (g) and (h), each payroll period, a judicial officer who is a member of the retirement system is required to contribute 6.6 [six] percent of the officer's state compensation [for the period to the retirement system] for service rendered after August 31, 2013, and before September 1, 2014;
(2) 6.9 percent of the officer's state compensation for service rendered after August 31, 2014, and before September 1, 2015;
(3) 7.2 percent of the officer's state compensation for service rendered after August 31, 2015, and before September 1, 2016;
(4) 7.5 percent of the officer's state compensation for service rendered after August 31, 2016; or
(5) for service rendered on or after September 1, 2017, the lesser of:
(A) 7.5 percent of the officer's state compensation; or
(B) a percentage of the officer's state compensation equal to 7.5 percent reduced by one-tenth of one percent for each one-tenth of one percent that the state contribution rate for the fiscal year to which the service relates, is less than the state contribution rate established for the 2015 fiscal year
SECTION ____. Section 840.102(a), as amended by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2013.