1-1     By:  Madla                                             S.B. No. 134
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed November 27, 2000; January 11, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; February 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to
 1-9     make payroll deductions at the request of a county employee.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 155.001, Local Government Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 155.001.  DEDUCTIONS AUTHORIZED IN COUNTIES; PURPOSES.
1-14     (a)  The commissioners court, on the request of a county employee,
1-15     may authorize a payroll deduction to be made from the employee's
1-16     wages or salary for:
1-17                 (1)  payment to a credit union;
1-18                 (2)  [.]
1-19           [(b)  In a county with a population of 20,000 or more, the
1-20     commissioners court, on the request of a county employee, may
1-21     authorize a payroll deduction to be made from the employee's wages
1-22     or salary for:]
1-23                 [(1)]  payment of membership dues in a labor union or a
1-24     bona fide employees association;
1-25                 (3) [(2)]  payment of fees for parking in a
1-26     county-owned facility; or
1-27                 (4) [(3)]  payment to a charitable organization.
1-28           (b) [(c)]  In this section, "charitable organization" has the
1-29     meaning assigned by Section 659.131, Government Code.
1-30           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-32     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-33     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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