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78R13128 CAS-D


By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 1698

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1698:                                   

By:  Madden                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 1698



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to deductions from the salaries of school district 
employees for professional dues.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.001, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (a-1), (d), and (e) 
to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A school district may adopt one or more forms to be 
used to file a request under Subsection (a)(1) or to provide 
information under Subsection (a)(2).
	(b)  The district shall deduct the total amount of the fees 
or dues for a year in equal amounts per pay period for the number of 
periods specified by the employee.  Except as provided by 
Subsection (e), the [The] deductions shall be made until the 
employee requests in writing that the deductions be discontinued.
	(d)  A school district may not impose conditions or 
requirements, other than those authorized or required by this 
section or other law, in connection with making a deduction from a 
district employee's salary for membership fees or dues to a 
professional organization.
	(e)  Not later than December 1 of each year, each 
professional organization that has one or more members who have an 
amount deducted from the member's school district salary for 
membership fees or dues to the organization shall provide each of 
those members a notice that states the total amount of fees and dues 
to the organization to be deducted from the employee's salary for 
that year.  The notice also must inform the employee of the manner 
in which the deductions may be discontinued and provide a form for 
that purpose.  A district may not at any time make any further 
deductions from a district employee's salary for membership fees or 
dues to a professional organization that has failed to make a good 
faith effort to comply with this subsection.  A district shall make 
a determination of whether a professional organization has failed 
to make a good faith effort to comply with this subsection in 
accordance with a policy adopted by the board of trustees of the 
district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.