1-1 By: Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Galloway) H.B. No. 707
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;
1-3 April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 24, 1997, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 24, 1997, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to payroll deductions for insurance premiums paid by
1-10 certain county employees.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 155.062, Local Government Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 155.062. REQUEST FOR DEDUCTION. (a) A request for an
1-15 insurance deduction must:
1-16 (1) [be in writing;]
1-17 [(2)] be submitted to the county officer authorized by
1-18 the commissioners court to administer payroll deductions; and
1-19 (2) [(3)] state the amount to be deducted and the
1-20 entity to which the amount is to be transferred.
1-21 (b) A request remains in effect until the county officer
1-22 authorized to administer the insurance deductions receives a
1-23 [written] notice of change [revocation signed by the official or
1-24 employee].
1-25 (c) An insurance deduction may not exceed the amount stated
1-26 in the request plus the amount of any change in applicable
1-27 insurance premiums imposed after the date the request for deduction
1-28 is submitted.
1-29 (d) If the amount of an applicable insurance premium is
1-30 changed after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the
1-31 county officer authorized to administer insurance deductions shall
1-32 provide written notice of the change to each affected employee.
1-33 The notice must be provided before the change takes effect.
1-34 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-35 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to a request
1-36 for an insurance deduction under Section 155.062, Local Government
1-37 Code, that is submitted before, on, or after the effective date of
1-38 this Act.
1-39 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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