H.B. No. 2036
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a payroll deduction by a county employee for a
1-3 charitable purpose.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 155.001, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 155.001. DEDUCTIONS AUTHORIZED IN COUNTIES WITH 20,000
1-8 OR MORE INHABITANTS; PURPOSES. (a) In a county with 20,000 or
1-9 more inhabitants, the commissioners court, on the request of a
1-10 county employee, may authorize a payroll deduction to be made from
1-11 the employee's wages or salary for:
1-12 (1) payment to a credit union;
1-13 (2) payment of membership dues in a labor union or a
1-14 bona fide employees association; <or>
1-15 (3) payment of fees for parking in a county-owned
1-16 facility; or
1-17 (4) payment to a charitable organization.
1-18 (b) In this section, "charitable organization" has the
1-19 meaning assigned by Section 1, Article 6813h, Revised Statutes.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.