84R11912 SCL-F
By: Burns H.B. No. 3850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain county employees to perform
payroll duties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 152.051, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 152.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "county
payroll officer" means the county auditor or other appropriate
county officer or employee who issues paychecks to county or
precinct personnel.
SECTION 2. Sections 155.062(a), (b), and (d), Local
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A request for an insurance deduction must:
(1) be submitted to the county officer or employee
authorized by the commissioners court to administer payroll
deductions; and
(2) state the amount to be deducted and the entity to
which the amount is to be transferred.
(b) A request remains in effect until the county officer or
employee authorized by the commissioners court to administer the
insurance deductions receives a notice of change.
(d) If the amount of an applicable insurance premium is
changed after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the
county officer or employee authorized by the commissioners court to
administer insurance deductions shall provide written notice of the
change to each affected employee. The notice must be provided
before the change takes effect.
SECTION 3. Section 155.063(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court may authorize:
(1) a county officer or employee to administer the
insurance deductions and to transfer an insurance deduction to the
appropriate entity; and
(2) the county officer or employee to charge the
appropriate entity the costs of administering an insurance
deduction.
SECTION 4. Section 157.102(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person who elects to participate in any aspect of the
group health and related benefits plan and is required to make
contributions toward the payment of the plan must authorize
contributions to the fund by salary deduction. The authorization
must be submitted in writing to the county officer or employee
authorized by the commissioners court to administer payroll
deductions. The authorization remains in effect as long as the
person is required to make contributions toward the payment of the
plan. If the amount of the person's required contributions changes
after the date the request for deduction is submitted, the county
shall notify the person of the change before the change takes
effect. The county and any participating flood control district or
hospital district may also contribute to the fund.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.