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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPA.TION IN THE TEXAS
MUNICIPA.L RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY THE CITY OF FRiENDSWOOD,
TEXAS
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WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Texas was amended on
November 7, 1944, by the addition of Section 51-f, Article III, which
authorized the Legislature to establish a state-wide retirement and disability
pension system for city employees; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 75, Acts 50th Legislature (1947) as amended,
established the Texas Municipal Retirement System, and authorizee the
governing body of each city or town to elect, at its option, to have one or
more of the city departments participate in such System; and
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Friendswood, Texas,
finds that it will be in the public interest for the city to have its employees �
participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System ae.hereinafter pro-
vided; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY �F FRIENDSWOOD,
STA�TE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That, on behalf of the City of Friendswood, Texas, the
City Council hereby exercises its o'ption and elects to have the City and all
of the employees of all departments now existing or hereafter establi�hed
participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as provfded in Chapter
75, A.cts 50th Legislature, as amended, (Article 6243h of Vernon's Civi2
Statutes of Texas), and all of the benefits and obligatione of �uch System
are hereby accepted as to such employees.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to noti.fy the Board
of Trustees of the Texa� Municipal Retirement System that the City of
Friendswood, Texas, has elected to participate and have the employees of
a11 departments participate in said Sy$tem.
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Section 3. Each person who becomes an employee of any participating
department on or after the effective date of participation of such department
shall become a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System as a
condition of his employment. The City of Friendswood, Texas, may in the
future refuse to add new departments or new employeea to such System,
but shall never discontinue as to any participants.
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Section 4. In accordance with the provisions of the Statute, the
deposits to be made to the Texas Municipal Retirement System on account
of current service of the employees of the several participating departments
are hereby fixed at the rate of five percent (5%) of the earnings of each
employee of said departmenta, and in determining the deposits to be made
on account of such service the maximum earnings of this city is fu11 salary. �
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Section 5. The City Manager is hereby directed to remit to the Board �
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of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, at its office in Austin, �
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Texas, the city's contributions to the System and the amounts which shall .
be deducted from the compensation or payroll of employees, all as required
by said Board under the provisions of Chapter 75, A cts of the 50th Legislature
of the State of Texas, as amended, and the said official is hereby authorized �
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and directed to ascertain and certify officially on behalf of the City of Friendswood, �
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Texas, the pri.or service rendered to the said municipality by each of the j
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employees of the participating departmente, and the average prior service
compensation received by each, and to make and execute all prior service
certifications and all other reports and certi.fications which may be required
of the City of Friendswood, Texas, under the provisions of Chapter 75,
Acts Regular SessionD 50th Legislature, ae amended, or in compliance with
the rulea and regulations of the Board of Trusteee of the Texas Municipal '
Retirement System.
Section 6. Participation of the above mentioned employeea in the
Texas Municipal Retirement System shall become effective on July 1, 1977.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this the�(O� day of May,
1977.
PA.SSED AND APPROVED on second reading this the 6th day of
June , 1977.
PASSED AND APPROVED on third and final reading this the 20th
d .,� June , 1977,
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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