2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 109 - Pensions › Article 6243h. Municipal Pension System in Cities of 1,500,000 or More › Section 8F. City Contribution Rate When Estimated City Contribution Rate Equal to or Greater Than Corridor Midpoint; Authorization for Certain Adjustments

Sec. 8F.  CITY CONTRIBUTION RATE WHEN ESTIMATED CITY CONTRIBUTION RATE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN CORRIDOR MIDPOINT; AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS.  (a)  This section governs the determination of the city contribution rate in a fiscal year when the estimated city contribution rate is equal to or greater than the corridor midpoint.
(b)  If the estimated city contribution rate is:
(1)  less than or equal to the maximum contribution rate for the corresponding fiscal year, the estimated city contribution rate is the city contribution rate; or
(2)  except as provided by Subsection (d) or (f) of this section, greater than the maximum contribution rate for the corresponding fiscal year, the city contribution rate equals the corridor midpoint achieved in accordance with Subsection (c) of this section.
(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(2) of this section, the following adjustments shall be applied sequentially to the extent required to decrease the estimated city contribution rate to equal the corridor midpoint:
(1)  first, adjust the actuarial value of assets to the current market value of assets, if making the adjustment causes the city contribution rate to decrease;
(2)  second, if the payoff year of the legacy liability was accelerated under Section 8E(c) of this Act:
(A)  extend the payoff year of the legacy liability by increasing the legacy liability by the amount of the new liability gain layer to a maximum amount; and
(B)  during the extended period provided by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision, the city shall continue to pay the city contribution amount for the extended period in accordance with the schedule included in the initial risk sharing valuation study, subject to Section 8C(i) or (j) of this Act; and
(3)  third, if the payoff year of a liability loss layer other than the legacy liability was previously accelerated under Section 8E(c) of this Act, extend the payoff year of existing liability loss layers, excluding the legacy liability, by extending the most recent loss layers first, to a payoff year not later than 30 years from the first day of the fiscal year beginning 12 months after the date of the risk sharing valuation study in which the liability loss layer is first recognized.
(d)  If the city contribution rate after adjustment under Subsection (c) of this section is greater than the third quarter line rate, the city contribution rate equals the third quarter line rate.  To the extent necessary to comply with this subsection, the city and the pension board shall enter into a written agreement under Section 3(n) of this Act to increase member contributions and make other benefit or plan changes not otherwise prohibited by applicable federal law or regulations.
(e)  Gains resulting from adjustments made as the result of a written agreement between the city and the pension board under Subsection (d) of this section may not be used as a direct offset against the city contribution amount in any fiscal year.
(f)  If an agreement under Subsection (d) of this section is not reached on or before the 30th day before the first day of the next fiscal year, before the start of the next fiscal year to which the city contribution rate would apply, the pension board, to the extent necessary to set the city contribution rate equal to the third quarter line rate, shall:
(1)  increase member contributions; and
(2)  decrease cost-of-living adjustments.
(g)  If the city contribution rate remains greater than the corridor midpoint in the third fiscal year after adjustments are made in accordance with an agreement under Subsection (d) of this section, in that fiscal year the city contribution rate equals the corridor midpoint achieved in accordance with Subsection (h) of this section.
(h)  The city contribution rate must be set at the corridor midpoint under Subsection (g) of this section by:
(1)  in the risk sharing valuation study for the third fiscal year described by Subsection (g) of this section, adjusting the actuarial value of assets to equal the current market value of assets, if making the adjustment causes the city contribution rate to decrease; and
(2)  under a written agreement entered into between the city and the pension board under Section 3(n) of this Act:
(A)  increasing member contributions; and
(B)  making any other benefit or plan changes not otherwise prohibited by applicable federal law or regulations.
(i)  If an agreement under Subsection (h)(2) of this section is not reached on or before the 30th day before the first day of the next fiscal year, before the start of the next fiscal year, the pension board, to the extent necessary to set the city contribution rate equal to the corridor midpoint, shall:
(1)  increase member contributions; and
(2)  decrease cost-of-living adjustments.