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Amend SB 5 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, in added Section 51.012, Education Code (page 4, line 24), strike ", including a payment of salary or wages,".
(2) In SECTION 3.01 of the bill, at the end of added Section 51.9611, Education Code (page 13, between lines 26 and 27), add the following subsection:
(e) This section does not authorize a payroll deduction for dues or membership fees payable to a labor union or employees association.
(3) In ARTICLE 3 of the bill, add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the ARTICLE and renumber the SECTIONS of that ARTICLE appropriately:
SECTION 3.___. Subchapter E, Chapter 1601, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 1601.2041 to read as follows:
Sec. 1601.2041. EMPLOYEE DEDUCTION FOR AUTOMATIC COVERAGE. Each individual automatically enrolled in a uniform program under Section 1601.104 is considered to have authorized a deduction from the participant's monthly compensation in an amount equal to the difference between:
(1) the total cost of the employee's basic coverage; and
(2) the amount contributed by the system for the employee's basic coverage.