H.B. No. 3161         AN ACT   relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement   System.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 855.401(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  Each municipality that has one or more departments   participating in the retirement system by ordinance shall designate   the rate of member contributions for employees. The municipality   shall elect a rate of five, six, [or] seven, or eight percent of the   employees' compensation. All departments of a participating   municipality must have the same employee contribution rate, except   that any municipality that before September 1, 1991, has elected to   have different rates of member contributions in different   departments may continue member contributions in accordance with   its existing ordinances until the municipality elects to equalize   the rates.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 0, 4 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor