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S.B. No. 716
AN ACT
relating to payroll deductions for certain employees who are peace
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.008, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) The governing body shall make the payroll deduction
described by Subsection (a) if:
(1) requested in writing by employees who:
(A) are peace officers as defined by Article
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(B) are not members of a police department
covered by a collective bargaining agreement or meet-and-confer
agreement entered into under this code; and
(2) the municipality permits deductions for purposes
other than charity, health insurance, taxes, or other purposes for
which the municipality is required by law to permit a deduction.
SECTION 2. Section 143.357, Local Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 716 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 18, Nays 2; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the
following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 4.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 716 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor