1-1     By:  Cain                                              S.B. No. 846
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2001; February 26, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; April 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
 1-6     April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 846                     By:  Cain
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to municipal payroll deductions.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 141.008, Local Government Code, is
1-13     amended to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 141.008.  PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
1-15     (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] governing body
1-16     of a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 may deduct
1-17     from a municipal employee's monthly salary or wages an amount
1-18     requested in writing by the employee in payment of membership dues
1-19     to a bona fide employees' association that is named by the employee
1-20     and that does not claim the right to strike.
1-21           (b)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
1-22     of more than 50,000 shall make the payroll deduction described by
1-23     Subsection (a) if requested in writing by the employee and if the
1-24     municipality permits deductions for purposes other than deductions
1-25     for charity, health insurance, taxes, or other deductions required
1-26     by law.
1-27           (c)  Participation in the payroll deduction program by a
1-28     municipal employee who is on active full-time duty is voluntary.
1-29           (d) [(c)]  An employee's written request must:
1-30                 (1)  be set out in a form prescribed and provided by
1-31     the municipal treasurer or comptroller;
1-32                 (2)  state the amount to be deducted each month; and
1-33                 (3)  direct the municipal treasurer or comptroller to
1-34     transfer the deducted funds to the designated employees'
1-35     association.
1-36           (e) [(d)]  The amount deducted each month may not exceed the
1-37     amount stated in the written request.  However, the governing body
1-38     of a municipality having a program under this section may impose
1-39     and collect an administrative fee from each participating employee
1-40     in addition to the membership dues that are withheld.  The fee must
1-41     be a reasonable amount to reimburse the municipality for the
1-42     administrative costs of collecting, accounting for, and disbursing
1-43     the membership dues.
1-44           (f) [(e)]  A request under this section remains in effect
1-45     until the municipal treasurer or comptroller receives a written
1-46     notice of revocation in a form prescribed and provided by the
1-47     treasurer or comptroller and filed by the employee.
1-48           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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