Bill Text: TX HB4640 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to payroll deductions for certain school district employees for membership in a professional organization or association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB4640 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4640-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4640
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to payroll deductions for certain school district
  employees for membership in a professional organization or
  association.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  SHORT TITLE. This Act shall be known as the
  Paycheck Protection Act of 2023.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Sections 22.0001 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.0001.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Professional organization" means an
  organization, association, or union in which school district
  employees participate and that exists, in whole or in part, to deal
  with one or more public employers concerning grievances, labor
  disputes, or conditions of employment affecting school district
  employees and whose members pay fees or dues.
               (2)  "Association" has the meaning assigned by Section
  174.003, Local Government Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 22.001, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A school district employee, other than an employee who
  is employed in a professional law enforcement capacity is not
  entitled to have an amount deducted from the employee's salary for
  membership fees or dues to a professional organization [.  The
  employee must:
               [(1)  file with the district a signed written request
  identifying the organization and specifying the number of pay
  periods per year the deductions are to be made; and
               [(2)  inform the district of the total amount of the
  fees and dues for each year or have the organization notify the
  district of the amount].
         (a-1)  A school district employee employed in a professional
  law enforcement capacity is entitled to have an amount deducted
  from the employee's salary for membership fees or dues to a
  professional organization or association. The employee must:
               (1)  file with the district a signed written request
  identifying the organization or association and specifying the
  number of pay periods per year the deductions are to be made; and
               (2)  inform the district of the total amount of the fees
  and dues for each year or have the organization or association
  notify the district of the amount.
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Section 22.0011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.0011.  PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF PROFESSIONAL
  ORGANIZATION DUES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a
  school district may not deduct or withhold, or contract to deduct or
  withhold, from an employee's salary or wages payment of dues or
  membership fees to a professional organization or association.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to an employee who is
  employed in a professional law enforcement capacity.
         (c)  Subsection (a) does not affect the ability of a school
  district to deduct or withhold from an employee's salary or wages an
  amount for donation to an eligible charitable organization.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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