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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1380 By: Daniels
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to school employee payroll
66	66	deductions; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-139,
67	67	which relates to payroll deductions for professional
68	68	organizations; subjecting certain payroll deductions
69	69	and political contributions to certain provi sions;
70	70	prohibiting certain deductions from exceeding one
71	71	year without reauthorization; prohibiting accrual of
72	72	certain debt after certain request to terminate is
73	73	provided; creating the Teacher Paycheck Protection
74	74	Act; providing short title; requiring authorization
75	75	for professional organiza tion dues and political
76	76	contributions to be on certain form containing
77	77	certain statement; req uiring certain authorization to
78	78	include certain information; requiring a school
79	79	district to confirm certain authorization; providing
80	80	for expiration of certain auth orization if certain
81	81	action is not taken in certain school year; providing
82	82	for application of provisio ns; providing for
83	83	codification; and declaring an emergency .
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89	89	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
90	90	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-139, is
91	91	amended to read as follows:
92	92	Section 5-139. School districts shall make payroll deductions
93	93	for either or both professional organization dues and politica l
94	94	contributions at the written request of any school employee subject
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146	146	to the provisions of Section 2 of this act and shall transmit
147	147	deducted funds to the organizatio n designated by the school district
148	148	employee. Such deductions shall be on a ten -month basis unless
149	149	otherwise designated by the employee organization but shall not
150	150	exceed one (1) year without reauthorization. However, a school
151	151	employee may request at any time in writing, including by email or
152	152	fax, for the school district to immediately terminat e or initiate
153	153	payroll deductions to a professional organization. Upon rec eipt of
154	154	any written request, the school district shall within five (5)
155	155	business days or by the next pay period, whichever is earlier,
156	156	terminate or initiate any future payroll deducti ons of the
157	157	requesting school employee to a professional organization. Upo n
158	158	receipt of a written request, the school district shall notify the
159	159	professional organization of the initiation or termination of
160	160	payroll deductions within fifteen (15) business day s. If the
161	161	request is to terminate a deduction, the school district shall not
162	162	make any advance payments to any professional organization of any
163	163	future dues on behalf of the school employee, and no further deb t
164	164	from the school employee to the professional o rganization shall
165	165	accrue. No school district policy or negotiated agreeme nt shall
166	166	place any other conditions or requirements, including but not
167	167	limited to personal hand delivery, upon any employee to initiat e or
168	168	terminate any payroll deduction to a professional organization
169	169	except for a written request as outlined in this secti on or as
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221	221	provided for in Section 2 of this act. Any school distric t policy
222	222	or provision in a negotiated agreement that places additio nal
223	223	conditions or requirements on initiation or termination be yond those
224	224	outlined in this section or as provided for in Section 2 of this act
225	225	shall be null and void. A school district which fails to terminate
226	226	payroll deductions for an employee in accordance with this section
227	227	shall immediately reimburse the employ ee the amount of all payroll
228	228	deductions made by the school district after the employee’s request,
229	229	and the amount due the employee shall double every th irty (30) days
230	230	until paid in full.
231	231	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
232	232	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-139a of Title 70, unless there
233	233	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
234	234	A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Teacher
235	235	Paycheck Protection Act”.
236	236	B. Authorization for professional org anization dues and
237	237	political contributions as provided for in Section 5 -139 of Title 70
238	238	of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be on a for m prescribed by the
239	239	Secretary of Education and contain a statement in fourteen-point
240	240	boldface font reading:
241	241	“The State of Oklahoma wishes to make you aware that you have a
242	242	First Amendment right, as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court, to
243	243	refrain from joining and paying d ues or making politica l
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296	296	and payment of dues or political contributions are voluntary and you
297	297	may not be discriminated against for your refusal to join or
298	298	financially support a professional employee organization or your
299	299	decision to join and pay such an organization . By signing this
300	300	form, you are authorizing your employer to deduct dues and/or
301	301	political contributions f rom your salary in the amounts specified in
302	302	accordance with your professional employee organization’s bylaws.
303	303	You may revoke this authorization at any time. ”
304	304	C. Authorization containing an employee’s full name, position,
305	305	professional organization, and signature shall be submitted to the
306	306	school district. The school district sha ll confirm the
307	307	authorization by emailing the employee ’s school district-provided
308	308	email address and shall wait for confirmation of the authorization
309	309	before starting any d eduction. If the employee does not possess a
310	310	school district-provided email address, t he school district may use
311	311	other means it deems appropriate to confirm the authorization.
312	312	D. An authorization shall expire at the start of the first full
313	313	pay period each school year unless it was authorized or reauthorized
314	314	during the previous school year.
315	315	E. The provisions of this section shall apply to any new
316	316	collective bargaining agreement or contract entered into or any
317	317	existing collective bargaining agreement or contract that is
318	318	modified, extended, af fected by a new or changed memorandum of
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371	371	way after the effective date of this act. The prov isions of this
372	372	section shall not affect any collective bargaining agreement
373	373	currently in effect, the terms of which shall remain valid until the
374	374	adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement or a modification,
375	375	extension, or alteration of an existing bargaining agreement occurs.
376	376	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessa ry for the preservation
377	377	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
378	378	declared to exist, by reason whereof this resolution shall take
379	379	effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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