84R13900 SGA-F
 
  By: Flynn H.B. No. 9
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to member contributions to the Employees Retirement System
  of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 815.402(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Section 813.201, each payroll
  period, each department or agency of the state shall cause to be
  deducted from each member's compensation a contribution of:
               (1)  9.5 [6.6 percent of the compensation if the member
  is not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after
  August 31, 2013, and before September 1, 2014;
               [(2)     6.9 percent of the compensation if the member is
  not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after August
  31, 2014, and before September 1, 2015;
               [(3)  7.2] percent of the compensation if the member is
  not a member of the legislature, for service rendered after August
  31, 2015, and before September 1, 2017 [2016];
               (2)  [(4)     7.5 percent of the compensation if the
  member is not a member of the legislature, for service rendered
  after August 31, 2016;
               [(5)]  for service by a member who is not a member of
  the legislature rendered on or after September 1, 2017, the lesser
  of:
                     (A)  9.5 [7.5] percent of the member's annual
  compensation; or
                     (B)  a percentage of the member's annual
  compensation equal to 9.5 [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 2017
  [2015] fiscal year; or
               (3)  [(6)]  eight percent of the compensation if the
  member is a member of the legislature.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.