| 1 | 1 | | 81R23381 JTS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Madden H.B. No. 562 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 562: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Castro C.S.H.B. No. 562 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to employment qualifications and compensation of certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | county employees. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Sections 152.071(a) and (b), Local Government |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) In a county with a population of more than 75,000, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | county government shall classify all positions in its sheriff's |
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| 16 | 16 | | department and shall specify the duties and job qualifications and |
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| 17 | 17 | | prescribe the salary for each classification. A person hired for a |
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| 18 | 18 | | position that requires the person to be licensed by the state is not |
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| 19 | 19 | | eligible to receive the prescribed salary for the position until |
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| 20 | 20 | | the person fulfills the licensing requirement. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A member of the sheriff's department who meets the job |
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| 22 | 22 | | qualifications and who is required to perform the duties of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | particular classification is entitled to be paid the salary |
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| 24 | 24 | | prescribed for that position during the time the member performs |
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| 25 | 25 | | those duties, except that a member who performs the duties of a |
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| 26 | 26 | | classification for which the member was not initially hired is not |
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| 27 | 27 | | entitled to be paid the salary prescribed for performing those |
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| 28 | 28 | | duties unless the payment is authorized by the commissioners court |
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| 29 | 29 | | before the duties are performed. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Sections 155.002(a) and (b), Local Government |
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| 31 | 31 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) A request for a payroll deduction must: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) be in writing; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) be submitted to the county auditor unless the |
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| 35 | 35 | | deduction is processed through an automated payroll system |
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| 36 | 36 | | maintained by the county; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) state the amount to be deducted and the entity to |
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| 38 | 38 | | which the amount is to be transferred. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) A request remains in effect until: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) the county auditor receives a written notice of |
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| 41 | 41 | | revocation signed by the employee; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) the deduction is revoked by the employee through |
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| 43 | 43 | | an automated payroll system maintained by the county. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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