By:  Cain                                              S.B. No. 846
                                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 that is named by the employee
1-12     and that does not claim the right to strike.
1-13           (b)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
1-14     of more than 50,000 shall make the payroll deduction described by
1-15     Subsection (a) if requested in writing by the employee and if the
1-16     municipality permits deductions for purposes other than deductions
1-17     for charity, health insurance, taxes, or other deductions required
1-18     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
1-25                 (3)  direct the municipal treasurer or comptroller to
 2-1     transfer the deducted funds to the designated employees'
 2-2     association.
 2-3           (e) [(d)]  The amount deducted each month may not exceed the
 2-4     amount stated in the written request.  However, the governing body
 2-5     of a municipality having a program under this section may impose
 2-6     and collect an administrative fee from each participating employee
 2-7     in addition to the membership dues that are withheld.  The fee must
 2-8     be a reasonable amount to reimburse the municipality for the
 2-9     administrative costs of collecting, accounting for, and disbursing
2-10     the membership dues.
2-11           (f) [(e)]  A request under this section remains in effect
2-12     until the municipal treasurer or comptroller receives a written
2-13     notice of revocation in a form prescribed and provided by the
2-14     treasurer or comptroller and filed by the employee.
2-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.