By Galloway                                     S.B. No. 1542

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                                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 [revocation signed by the official or

1-17     employee].

1-18           (c)  An insurance deduction may not exceed the amount stated

1-19     in the request plus the amount of any change in applicable

1-20     insurance premiums imposed after the date the request for deduction

1-21     is submitted.

1-22           (d)  If the amount of an applicable insurance premium is

1-23     changed after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the

1-24     county officer authorized to administer insurance deductions shall

 2-1     provide written notice of the change to each affected employee.

 2-2     The notice must be provided before the change takes effect.

 2-3           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 2-4           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies to a request

 2-5     for an insurance deduction under Section 155.062, Local Government

 2-6     Code, that is submitted before, on, or after the effective date of

 2-7     this Act.

 2-8           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-9     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-10     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-11     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-12     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.