80R8404 ACP-F
 
  By: Bailey H.B. No. 2270
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deduction from a deputy sheriff's wages or salary in
certain counties for payment of membership dues to an employee
association.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 155.001, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
       (a)  The commissioners court, on the request of a county
employee, may authorize a payroll deduction to be made from the
employee's wages or salary for:
             (1)  payment to a credit union;
             (2)  payment of membership dues in a labor union or a
bona fide employees association, except as provided by Subsection
(c);
             (3)  payment of fees for parking in a county-owned
facility;
             (4)  payment to a charitable organization; or
             (5)  payment relating to an item not listed in this
subsection if the commissioners court determines that the payment
serves a public purpose.
       (c)  This subsection applies only to a deputy sheriff in a
county with a population of one million or more that adopted Chapter
174 after January 1, 2004, and only to the extent the deputy sheriff
is a member of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining agent under Chapter 174.  The commissioners court shall
authorize a payroll deduction from a deputy sheriff's wages or
salary under Subsection (a)(2) with written authorization from the
deputy sheriff, but only for payment of dues to the association
selected under Chapter 174 as the exclusive bargaining agent for
the applicable bargaining unit.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.