1-1 By: Brady (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 2036
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 1995;
1-3 May 17, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 26, 1995, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 26, 1995, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to a payroll deduction by a county employee for a
1-10 charitable purpose.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 155.001, Local Government Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 155.001. DEDUCTIONS AUTHORIZED IN COUNTIES WITH 20,000
1-15 OR MORE INHABITANTS; PURPOSES. (a) In a county with 20,000 or
1-16 more inhabitants, the commissioners court, on the request of a
1-17 county employee, may authorize a payroll deduction to be made from
1-18 the employee's wages or salary for:
1-19 (1) payment to a credit union;
1-20 (2) payment of membership dues in a labor union or a
1-21 bona fide employees association; <or>
1-22 (3) payment of fees for parking in a county-owned
1-23 facility; or
1-24 (4) payment to a charitable organization.
1-25 (b) In this section, "charitable organization" has the
1-26 meaning assigned by Section 1, Article 6813h, Revised Statutes.
1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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