| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT REPEALING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PAYROLL DEDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | TO EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATIONS. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 143B-426.40A reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "§ 143B-426.40A. Assignments of claims against State. 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | … 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | (g) Payroll Deduction for Payments to Certain Employees' Associations Allowed. – An 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | employee of the State or any of its political subdivisions, institutions, departments, bureaus, 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | agencies or commissions, or any of its local boards of education or community colleges, who is 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | a member of a domiciled employees' association that has at least 2,000 members, 500 of whom 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | are employees of the State, a political subdivision of the State, or public school employees, may 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | authorize, in writing, the periodic deduction each payroll period from the employee's salary or 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | wages a designated lump sum to be paid to the employees' association. A political subdivision 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | may also allow periodic deductions for a domiciled employees' association that does not 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | otherwise meet the minimum membership requirements set forth in this paragraph. The total 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | membership count and the State, political subdivision of the State, or public school employee 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | membership count of a domiciled employees' association that has at least 2,000 members, 500 of 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | whom are employees of the State, a political subdivision of the State, or public school employees, 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | shall be verified and certified annually by the State Auditor. 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | An employee of any local board of education who is a member of a domiciled employees' 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | association that has at least 40,000 members, the majority of whom are public school teachers, 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | may authorize in writing the periodic deduction each payroll period from the employee's salary 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | or wages a designated lump sum or sums to be paid for dues and voluntary contributions for the 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | employees' association. The total membership count and the public school teacher membership 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | count of a domiciled employees' association that has at least 40,000 members, the majority of 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | whom are public school teachers, shall be verified and certified annually by the State Auditor. 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | An authorization under this subsection shall remain in effect until revoked by the employee. 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | A plan of payroll deductions pursuant to this subsection for employees of the State and other 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | association members shall become void if the employees' association engages in collective 30 |
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| 42 | 43 | | bargaining with the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any local school administrative 31 |
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| 43 | 44 | | unit. This subsection does not apply to county or municipal governments or any local 32 |
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| 44 | 45 | | governmental unit, except for local boards of education. 33 |
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| 45 | 46 | | …." 34 |
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| 46 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 35 |
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