§ 2-65. Disability.

(a)

The city elects to have the employees of all departments of the city government participate in and be covered by the supplemental disability benefits fund of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, as provided by VTCS, Title 110B, sections 62.003, 65.313, 65.317 and 65.408; and all the benefits and obligations of participation in such fund are hereby accepted by the city as to such employees.

(b)

Each person who becomes an employee of any participating department on or after the effective date of participation of such department in the fund shall as a condition of his employment be covered into the supplemental benefits fund of the system. The city may in the future refuse to add new departments or new employees to the fund, but shall never discontinue as to any members who are covered into the fund.

(c)

The city secretary shall remit monthly to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System at its office in Austin, Texas, as the city's contributions to the supplemental disability benefits fund of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, such percentage of earnings of the above-mentioned employees of the city as may be fixed by the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, provided that the rate of contribution to the fund shall not exceed one-half of one (1) percentum of the earnings of the employees of the city who are covered under the fund; and such official shall make for the city such reports as the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System may prescribe.

(d)

Participation of the above-mentioned employees of the supplemental benefits fund shall be effective January 1, 1980.

(Ord. No. 153-11-79, §§ 1, 3—5, 11-6-79)