Certain public school and regional education service center employers must make monthly retirement-system contributions for reported members, with rates that change by report month and exceptions for higher education employers.
Sec. 825.4035. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYED MEMBERS. (a) This section: (1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), applies only to an employer that is a public school or regional education service center that reports to the retirement system under Section 825.403 the employment of a member; and (2) does not apply to an employer that is an institution of higher education. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (c), for each member an employer reports to the retirement system, the employer shall contribute monthly to the retirement system for each such member: (1) for the period beginning with the report month of September 2014 and ending with the report month of August 2015, an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the member's compensation; (2) beginning with the report month for September 2015 and ending with the report month of August 2019, an amount equal to the lesser of: (A) 1.5 percent of the member's compensation; or (B) a percentage of the member's compensation equal to 1.5 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 report month relates is less than the state contribution rate established for the 2015 fiscal year; and (3) beginning with the report month of September 2019 and for each subsequent report month, an amount equal to the lesser of: (A) a percentage of the member's compensation equal to the rate of contribution provided for the applicable fiscal year under Subsection (e); or (B) a percentage of the member's compensation equal to the percentage provided by Paragraph (A) 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 report month relates is less than the state contribution rate established for that fiscal year under Section 825.404(a-2). (c) If a member is entitled to the minimum salary for certain school personnel under Section 21.402, Education Code, or if a member would have been entitled to the minimum salary for certain school personnel under former Section 16.056, Education Code, as that section existed on January 1, 1995, the employer shall, in addition to any contributions required under Section 825.405, contribute monthly to the retirement system for each such member: (1) for the period beginning with the report month of September 2014 and ending with the report month of August 2015, an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the statutory minimum salary determined under Section 825.405(b); (2) beginning with the report month for September 2015 and ending with the report month of August 2019, an amount equal to the lesser of: (A) 1.5 percent of the statutory minimum salary determined under Section 825.405(b); or (B) a percentage of the statutory minimum salary determined under Section 825.405(b) equal to 1.5 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 report month relates is less than the state contribution rate established for the 2015 fiscal year; and (3) beginning with the report month of September 2019 and for each subsequent report month, an amount equal to the lesser of: (A) a percentage of the statutory minimum salary determined under Section 825.405(b) equal to the rate of contribution provided for the applicable fiscal year under Subsection (e); or (B) a percentage of the statutory minimum salary determined under Section 825.405(b) equal to the percentage provided by Paragraph (A) 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 report month relates is less than the state contribution rate established for that fiscal year under Section 825.404(a-2). (d) Contributions under this section: (1) are subject to the requirements of Section 825.408; and (2) must be used to fund the normal cost of the retirement system. (e) For purposes of Subsections (b)(3)(A) and (c)(3)(A), the rate of contribution is: (1) 1.5 percent beginning with the report month of September 2019 and ending with the report month of August 2020; (2) 1.6 percent beginning with the report month of September 2020 and ending with the report month of August 2021; (3) 1.7 percent beginning with the report month of September 2021 and ending with the report month of August 2022; (4) 1.8 percent beginning with the report month of September 2022 and ending with the report month of August 2023; (5) 1.9 percent beginning with the report month of September 2023 and ending with the report month of August 2024; and (6) two percent beginning with the report month of September 2024 and for each subsequent report month. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1214 (S.B. 1458), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 12), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 12), Sec. 3, eff. June 10, 2019.