By Alexander H.B. No. 2491
75R6234 MLS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the exclusion of community colleges from the state
1-3 employee charitable contribution program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 659.131(7)-(9) and (16), Government
1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (7) "General academic teaching institution" has the
1-8 meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
1-9 (8) "Health and human services" means services
1-10 provided by a charitable organization that:
1-11 (A) benefit residents of this state, including
1-12 children, youth, adults, elderly individuals, ill or infirm
1-13 individuals, or individuals with a mental or physical disability;
1-14 and
1-15 (B) consist of:
1-16 (i) human care, medical or other research
1-17 in the field of human health, education, social adjustment, or
1-18 rehabilitation;
1-19 (ii) relief for victims of natural
1-20 disaster or other emergencies; or
1-21 (iii) assistance to impoverished
1-22 individuals in need of food, shelter, clothing, or other basic
1-23 needs.
1-24 (9) [(8)] "Indirect services" means health and human
2-1 services that:
2-2 (A) are not direct services; and
2-3 (B) demonstrably benefit residents of this
2-4 state.
2-5 [(9) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
2-6 assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.]
2-7 (16) "State agency" means a department, commission,
2-8 board, office, general academic teaching institution [of higher
2-9 education], or other agency of state government.
2-10 SECTION 2. Section 659.132(d), Government Code, is amended
2-11 to read as follows:
2-12 (d) A state agency other than a general academic teaching
2-13 [an] institution [of higher education] is not required to permit an
2-14 employee to authorize a deduction under this subchapter until the
2-15 first full payroll period after the agency converts to a system in
2-16 which uniform statewide payroll procedures are followed.
2-17 SECTION 3. Section 659.148(e), Government Code, is amended
2-18 to read as follows:
2-19 (e) A general academic teaching [An] institution [of higher
2-20 education] that is authorized to operate a payroll system
2-21 reimbursable from the state treasury shall charge an administrative
2-22 fee to the participating charitable organizations to cover the
2-23 actual costs incurred in the administration of this subchapter.
2-24 The fee shall be assessed and collected annually and shall be
2-25 charged in the same proportion that the contributions to the
2-26 charitable organization bear to the total contributions in that
2-27 campaign.
3-1 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-2 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.