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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deduction from a deputy sheriff's wages or salary in |
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certain counties for payment of membership dues to an employee |
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association. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 155.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court, on the request of a county |
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employee, may authorize a payroll deduction to be made from the |
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employee's wages or salary for: |
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(1) payment to a credit union; |
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(2) payment of membership dues in a labor union or a |
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bona fide employees association, except as provided by Subsection |
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(c); |
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(3) payment of fees for parking in a county-owned |
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facility; |
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(4) payment to a charitable organization; or |
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(5) payment relating to an item not listed in this |
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subsection if the commissioners court determines that the payment |
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serves a public purpose. |
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(c) This subsection applies only to a deputy sheriff in a |
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county with a population of one million or more that adopted Chapter |
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174 after January 1, 2004, and only to the extent the deputy sheriff |
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is a member of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive |
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bargaining agent under Chapter 174. The commissioners court shall |
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authorize a payroll deduction from a deputy sheriff's wages or |
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salary under Subsection (a)(2) with written authorization from the |
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deputy sheriff, but only for payment of dues to the association |
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selected under Chapter 174 as the exclusive bargaining agent for |
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the applicable bargaining unit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |