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.