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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain municipalities to make certain |
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payroll deductions on the request of a municipal employee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 141.008(a) and (d), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a municipality with a population |
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of more than 10,000 shall [may] deduct from a municipal employee's |
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monthly salary or wages an amount requested in writing by the |
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employee in payment of membership dues to a bona fide employees' |
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association named by the employee. |
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(d) The amount deducted each month may not exceed the amount |
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stated in the written request. The [However, the] governing body of |
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a municipality subject to [having a program under] this section may |
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not impose [and collect] an administrative fee on a [from each] |
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participating employee in connection with the deduction [addition
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to the membership dues that are withheld. The fee must be a
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reasonable amount to reimburse the municipality for the
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administrative costs of collecting, accounting for, and disbursing
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the membership dues]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 141.008(a-1) and (a-2), Local |
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Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |