Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3850 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R11912 SCL-F
2	2	By: Burns H.B. No. 3850
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the authority of certain county employees to perform
8	8	payroll duties.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 152.051, Local Government Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 152.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "county
13	13	payroll officer" means the county auditor or other appropriate
14	14	county officer or employee who issues paychecks to county or
15	15	precinct personnel.
16	16	SECTION 2. Sections 155.062(a), (b), and (d), Local
17	17	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
18	18	(a) A request for an insurance deduction must:
19	19	(1) be submitted to the county officer or employee
20	20	authorized by the commissioners court to administer payroll
21	21	deductions; and
22	22	(2) state the amount to be deducted and the entity to
23	23	which the amount is to be transferred.
24	24	(b) A request remains in effect until the county officer or
25	25	employee authorized by the commissioners court to administer the
26	26	insurance deductions receives a notice of change.
27	27	(d) If the amount of an applicable insurance premium is
28	28	changed after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the
29	29	county officer or employee authorized by the commissioners court to
30	30	administer insurance deductions shall provide written notice of the
31	31	change to each affected employee. The notice must be provided
32	32	before the change takes effect.
33	33	SECTION 3. Section 155.063(a), Local Government Code, is
34	34	amended to read as follows:
35	35	(a) The commissioners court may authorize:
36	36	(1) a county officer or employee to administer the
37	37	insurance deductions and to transfer an insurance deduction to the
38	38	appropriate entity; and
39	39	(2) the county officer or employee to charge the
40	40	appropriate entity the costs of administering an insurance
41	41	deduction.
42	42	SECTION 4. Section 157.102(b), Local Government Code, is
43	43	amended to read as follows:
44	44	(b) A person who elects to participate in any aspect of the
45	45	group health and related benefits plan and is required to make
46	46	contributions toward the payment of the plan must authorize
47	47	contributions to the fund by salary deduction. The authorization
48	48	must be submitted in writing to the county officer or employee
49	49	authorized by the commissioners court to administer payroll
50	50	deductions. The authorization remains in effect as long as the
51	51	person is required to make contributions toward the payment of the
52	52	plan. If the amount of the person's required contributions changes
53	53	after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the county
54	54	shall notify the person of the change before the change takes
55	55	effect. The county and any participating flood control district or
56	56	hospital district may also contribute to the fund.
57	57	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	58	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	59	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	60	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	61	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.