By: Armbrister S.B. No. 586
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to payroll deductions for state employees for
1-2 contributions to charitable organizations.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsections (a), (b), and (c), Section 2, Article
1-5 6813h, Revised Statutes, are amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) A state <An> employee <of a state agency> may authorize
1-7 a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage
1-8 payment for a contribution. The comptroller by rule may establish
1-9 a reasonable minimum deduction for each pay period.
1-10 (b) A state employee's deduction <An> authorization is valid
1-11 only if it requires distribution of <shall direct the comptroller
1-12 to distribute> the employee's deducted funds to a specified:
1-13 (1) federation or fund that has been approved for
1-14 statewide participation under Section 11 of this article; or
1-15 (2) local campaign manager <participating federations
1-16 or funds and local campaign managers as prescribed by rule>.
1-17 (c) (1) A state employee's deduction <An> authorization may
1-18 require the federation or fund specified under Subsection (b)(1) of
1-19 this section to further distribute the employee's deducted funds to
1-20 not more than three eligible charitable organizations designated by
1-21 the employee <designate an eligible charitable organization to
1-22 receive the deductions>. If the <an> authorization does not
1-23 contain a designation <designate an eligible charitable
1-24 organization>, the federation or fund shall distribute the
2-1 employee's deducted funds <deductions shall be distributed> to each
2-2 eligible charitable organization affiliated with the
2-3 <participating> federation or fund <and eligible local charitable
2-4 organization in the proportion that the deductions designated for
2-5 that charitable organization bear to the total of designated
2-6 deductions in the local state employee charitable campaign>.
2-7 (2) A state employee's deduction authorization may
2-8 require the local campaign manager specified under Subsection
2-9 (b)(2) of this section to further distribute the employee's
2-10 deducted funds to not more than three charitable organizations
2-11 designated by the employee and approved for local participation
2-12 under Section 12 of this article. If the authorization does not
2-13 contain a designation, the employee's deducted funds shall be
2-14 distributed to each charitable organization that is affiliated with
2-15 the local campaign manager and approved for local participation
2-16 under Section 12 of this article.
2-17 (3) Each distribution of a state employee's deducted
2-18 funds under this subsection must be made according to the
2-19 comptroller's requirements.
2-20 SECTION 2. (a) The changes made to the law by this Act do
2-21 not apply to:
2-22 (1) a deduction authorization provided by a state
2-23 employee before the start of the first state employee charitable
2-24 campaign that begins after August 31, 1995;
2-25 (2) a deduction authorization provided after the start
2-26 of the first state employee charitable campaign that begins after
2-27 August 31, 1995, if the authorization concerns a deduction from
3-1 salary or wages earned before the start of the campaign year that
3-2 begins after August 31, 1995; or
3-3 (3) a distribution of a state employee's deducted
3-4 funds under an authorization described in Subdivision (1) or (2) of
3-5 this subsection.
3-6 (b) A deduction authorization or a distribution described in
3-7 Subsection (a) of this section is governed by the law in effect on
3-8 August 31, 1995, and that law is continued in effect for this
3-9 purpose.
3-10 (c) The comptroller may adopt rules to administer this
3-11 section.
3-12 (d) In this section:
3-13 (1) "Deduction authorization" means an authorization
3-14 to deduct a specified amount from a state employee's salary or wage
3-15 payment for a contribution to an eligible charitable organization.
3-16 (2) "Eligible charitable organization" and "state
3-17 employee" have the meanings assigned by Article 6813h, Revised
3-18 Statutes.
3-19 (e) This section expires January 1, 1996.
3-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
3-21 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.