By Seaman                                              H.B. No. 368
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to payroll deductions for employees of institutions of
 1-3     higher education.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 51.946 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 51.946.  PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.
 1-8     (a)  An employee of an institution of higher education may
 1-9     authorize a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or
1-10     wage payment for:
1-11                 (1)  a contribution to an institution of higher
1-12     education; or
1-13                 (2)  a charitable contribution to a nonprofit
1-14     organization the purpose of which is to support the programs of an
1-15     institution of higher education.
1-16           (b)  To be eligible to receive charitable contributions under
1-17     this section, a nonprofit organization must comply with the rules
1-18     adopted under Section 2255.001, Government Code, by the institution
1-19     of higher education the organization supports.
1-20           (c)  An institution of higher education shall establish
1-21     procedures to enable an employee of the institution to authorize a
1-22     deduction under this section.
1-23           (d)  In this section, "institution of higher education" has
1-24     the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
 2-1           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-2           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-3     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-4     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-5     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-6     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.