Amend HB 9 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
SECTION ____.  Sections 812.003(a), (d), and (e), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a)  Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and (d)], membership in the employee class of the retirement system includes all employees and appointed officers of every department, commission, board, agency, or institution of the state except:
(1)  independent contractors and their employees performing work for the state; and
(2)  persons disqualified from membership under Section 812.201.
(d)  Membership in the employee class begins on the [91st day after the] first day a person is employed or holds office.
(e)  A person who is reemployed or who again holds office after withdrawing contributions under Subchapter B for previous service credited in the employee class begins membership in the employee class on the [91st day after the] first day the person is reemployed or again holds office.
SECTION ____.  Section 813.514, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a)  This section applies only to a member who became a member before September 1, 2015.
(a-1)  A member may establish service credit under this section in the employee class only for service performed during a 90-day waiting period to become a member after beginning employment or holding office.
SECTION ____.  Section 812.003(f), Government Code, is repealed.
(2)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.