By Naishtat                                           H.B. No. 2325
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to payroll deductions in certain municipalities.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 141.008(a), Local Government Code, is
    1-5  amended to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 141.008.  Payroll Deductions in Certain Municipalities.
    1-7  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the <The> governing body
    1-8  of a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 may deduct
    1-9  from a municipal employee's monthly salary or wages an amount
   1-10  requested in writing by the employee in payment of membership dues
   1-11  to a bona fide employees' association named by the employee.
   1-12        (b)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
   1-13  of more than 50,000 shall make the payroll deduction described by
   1-14  Subsection (a) if requested in writing by the employee and if the
   1-15  municipality permits deductions for purposes other than charitable
   1-16  donation, retirement plan contribution, deferred compensation,
   1-17  insurance or tax payment, or garnishment.
   1-18        (c)  Participation in the payroll deduction program by a
   1-19  municipal employee who is on active full-time duty is voluntary.
   1-20        (d) <(c)>  An employee's written request must:
   1-21              (1)  be set out in a form prescribed and provided by
   1-22  the municipal treasurer or comptroller;
   1-23              (2)  state the amount to be deducted each month; and
    2-1              (3)  direct the municipal treasurer or comptroller to
    2-2  transfer the deducted funds to the designated employees'
    2-3  association.
    2-4        (e) <(d)>  The amount deducted each month may not exceed the
    2-5  amount stated in the written request.  However, the governing body
    2-6  of a municipality having a program under this section may impose
    2-7  and collect an administrative fee from each participating employee
    2-8  in addition to the membership dues that are withheld.  The fee must
    2-9  be a reasonable amount to reimburse the municipality for the
   2-10  administrative costs of collecting, accounting for, and disbursing
   2-11  the membership dues.
   2-12        (f) <(e)>  A request under this section remains in effect
   2-13  until the municipal treasurer or comptroller receives a written
   2-14  notice of revocation in a form prescribed and provided by the
   2-15  treasurer or comptroller and filed by the employee.
   2-16        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-17        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-18  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-19  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-20  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-21  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.