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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1940 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to state employees; defining term;
66	66	permitting certain payroll deductions by public
67	67	employer; allowing employee to revoke p ermission for
68	68	deduction from public employer; pr ohibiting payroll
69	69	deductions not allowed by law; allowing public
70	70	employer to develop certain guidelines and policies
71	71	for deductions; prohibiting provisions fr om denying
72	72	employee from contributing in other ways; terminating
73	73	deductions after passage unless certified; providing
74	74	for penalties; authorizing persons to seek certain
75	75	remedy; providing for severability; providing for
76	76	codification; and providing an effective date.
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 284.3 of Title 74, unless there
84	84	is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows:
85	85	A. For the purposes of this act, “public employer” means any
86	86	state or local government, municipal, or government corporation,
87	87	government agency, government commission, government
88	88	instrumentality, government board, government department, government
89	89	branch, government authority, sch ool board of a district, any other
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141	141	political subdivision of this state, or special p urpose department,
142	142	or organization that employs one or more pers ons in any capacity.
143	143	B. The following categories of payro ll deductions by public
144	144	employers are permitted fo r all public employees:
145	145	1. Those deductions required by law including, but not limited
146	146	to, federal and state income ta xes, federal social security, and
147	147	Medicare taxes;
148	148	2. Those for the benefit of charitable organizations described
149	149	in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Co de; and
150	150	3. Those which primarily fund savings , insurance, and other
151	151	similar benefits including, but not limited to, United States
152	152	Savings Bonds, deferred compensation, and disability, life, hea lth,
153	153	and retirement benefits; provided, programs in this paragraph shall
154	154	include only those permissible for an employee benefit plan as
155	155	defined in 29 U.S.C., Section 1002(3).
156	156	C. A signed, written prior authorization from the employee is
157	157	required for any deduction pursuant to para graphs 2 or 3 of
158	158	subsection B of this section and that authorization may be revoked
159	159	in writing at any time and shall take effect on the second payr oll
160	160	deduction occurring after the public employer receives the written
161	161	revocation notice.
162	162	D. Payroll deduction for any other purpose or organi zation is
163	163	unlawful and prohibited. A public employer may develop guidelines
164	164	and policies governing deductions for paragraph 2 or 3 of s ubsection
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216	216	B of this section in order to avoid u nduly burdensome financial or
217	217	administrative costs resulting from authorized reduc tions.
218	218	E. Notwithstanding any other statute, regulation, contract, or
219	219	practice, nothing in this or any other law of this state shall
220	220	permit payroll deductions of any kind , except as provided in
221	221	subsection B of this section. Nothing in this section or any other
222	222	law of this state shall prevent a public employee from personally
223	223	and voluntarily contributing to an organization or entity direct ly
224	224	for which payroll deductions are prohibited in subsection D of this
225	225	section.
226	226	F. Payroll deductions currently author ized shall terminate one
227	227	month following the effective date of this act unless the recipient
228	228	of such deducted amount is certified by the public employer as
229	229	qualified to receive payroll deductions under subsection B of this
230	230	section.
231	231	G. Any person, corporation, association, organization, entity,
232	232	or public employer who violat es any provisions of this act shall be
233	233	assessed a civil penalty not less than One Hundre d Dollars ($100.00)
234	234	nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the first
235	235	violation and an amount no less than Five Hundred Dollars ( $500.00)
236	236	nor more than Five Thou sand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each subse quent
237	237	violation. Each act of violation shall constit ute a separate
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290	290	H. Any person, corporation, association, organization, entity,
291	291	or public employer who directly or indirectly violates any portion
292	292	of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
293	293	I. Any person aggrieved as a result of any v iolation or
294	294	threatened violation of any provision of this section may seek
295	295	abatement of the vio lation or threatened violation by petitioning a
296	296	court of competent jurisdiction within one (1) year from the date of
297	297	the alleged violation for injunctive relief and shall be entitled to
298	298	costs and reasonable attorney fees if h e or she prevails in the
299	299	action.
300	300	J. Any person aggrieved as a result of any violation or
301	301	threatened violation of this section may bring an action in a court
302	302	of competent jurisdiction within one (1) year from the date of the
303	303	alleged violation to recover al l damages resulting from the
304	304	violation or threatened violation and shall be entitle d to costs and
305	305	reasonable attorney fees if he or she prevails in the action.
306	306	K. If any provisions of this section , or the application of th e
307	307	provisions to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the
308	308	remainder of this section, and the applic ation of the provisions to
309	309	persons or circumstance o ther than those to which it is invalid,
310	310	shall not be affected.
311	311	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective No vember 1, 2024.
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