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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 440
BY SENATOR MARTINY
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Provides relative to authorized payroll withholdings for public
employees. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:890(F) and R.S. 42:456(A)(1) and to repeal R.S. 42:457,2
relative to public employee payroll withholdings; to remove authority for certain3
payroll withholdings; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:890(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
§890. Labor policy7
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F. Employees of such publicly owned and/or operated transportation systems9
hereafter acquired may authorize and upon such authorization the municipality,10
transit authority, or other authority organized for the purpose may make deductions11
from wages and salaries of such employees for either of the following purposes:12
(1) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or13
certified labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees or assessments.14
(2) For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare plan15
or pension or retirement plan.16
(3)(2) For any purposes for which deductions may be authorized by17 SB NO. 440
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employees of any private employer.1
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Section 2. R.S. 42:456(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:3
§456. Permitted withholdings4
A. Payroll deductions shall be authorized only for the following:5
(1) Mandated federal or state income withholdings, credit unions,6
garnishments, liens, union dues, savings bonds programs, qualified United Way7
entities, health and life insurance products offered through the Office of Group8
Benefits, and products having state participating contributions, sponsored by the9
Office of Group Benefits, which qualify and are offered under Section 125 of the10
Internal Revenue Code (Cafeteria Plan).11
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Section 3. R.S. 42:457 is hereby repealed in its entirety.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Martiny (SB 440)
Present law provides for the labor policy when a municipality or transit authority acquires
or operates a transportation facility.
Present law allows that employees of the acquired facility may authorize deductions of
wages and salaries for the following purposes:
(1)Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or certified
labor organization for the payment of union dues, fees, or assessments.
(2)For the payment of contributions pursuant to any health and welfare plan or pension
or retirement plan.
(3)For any purposes for which deductions may be authorized by employees of any
private employer.
Proposed law retains present law but removes payment of union dues, fees, or assessments
as an authorized deduction.
Present law authorizes state employee payroll withholdings for the following:
(1) Mandated federal or state income withholdings, credit unions, garnishments, liens,
union dues, savings bonds programs, qualified United Way entities, health and life
insurance products offered through the office of group benefits, products having state
participating contributions, sponsored by the office of group benefits, which qualify
and are offered under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code (Cafeteria Plan). SB NO. 440
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(2) Products offered without state contributory participation that have been evaluated
and approved in accordance with rules and procedures promulgated by the
commissioner of administration.
Proposed law removes union dues as an authorized payroll withholding.
Present law authorizes any state, parish, or city employee to withhold from his salary a
specific amount for payment of his dues to any labor organization to which he belongs.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 23:890(F) and R.S. 42:456(A)(1); repeals R.S. 42:457)