Bill Text: TX HB3850 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain county employees to perform payroll duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to County Affairs [HB3850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3850-Introduced.html
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| By: Burns | H.B. No. 3850 | |
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| 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. | ||
