By Hamric H.B. No. 707
75R3863 DLF-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to payroll deductions for insurance premiums paid by
1-3 certain county employees.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 155.062, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 155.062. REQUEST FOR DEDUCTION. (a) A request for an
1-8 insurance deduction must:
1-9 (1) [be in writing;]
1-10 [(2)] be submitted to the county officer authorized by
1-11 the commissioners court to administer payroll deductions; and
1-12 (2) [(3)] state the amount to be deducted and the
1-13 entity to which the amount is to be transferred.
1-14 (b) A request remains in effect until the county officer
1-15 authorized to administer the insurance deductions receives a
1-16 written notice of change. Unless the insurance policy to which the
1-17 request applies is not renewed or the employee seeks coverage under
1-18 a different policy, the employee is not required to resubmit a
1-19 request under this section at the end of a policy year or as part
1-20 of any applicable open enrollment period [revocation signed by the
1-21 official or employee].
1-22 (c) An insurance deduction may not exceed the amount stated
1-23 in the request plus the amount of any increase in applicable
1-24 insurance premiums imposed after the date the request for deduction
2-1 is submitted.
2-2 (d) If the amount of an applicable insurance premium is
2-3 increased after the date the request for deduction is submitted,
2-4 the county officer authorized to administer insurance deductions
2-5 shall provide written notice of the increase to each affected
2-6 employee. The notice must be provided before the increase takes
2-7 effect.
2-8 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-9 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to a request
2-10 for an insurance deduction under Section 155.062, Local Government
2-11 Code, that is submitted before, on, or after the effective date of
2-12 this Act.
2-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.