By Naishtat H.B. No. 873
75R2548 PAM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to municipal payroll deductions.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 141.008, 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 deduct from a municipal employee's
1-14 monthly salary or wages an amount requested in writing by the
1-15 employee in payment of membership dues to a bona fide employees'
1-16 association named by the employee if the municipality permits
1-17 deductions for purposes other than deductions for charity, taxes,
1-18 or health insurance and other than deductions required by law.
1-19 (c) Participation in the payroll deduction program by a
1-20 municipal employee who is on active full-time duty is voluntary.
1-21 (d) [(c)] An employee's written request must:
1-22 (1) be set out in a form prescribed and provided by
1-23 the municipal treasurer or comptroller;
1-24 (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, 1997.
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.