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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the business leave time account for a police officer |
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employee organization in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.013(d), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Donations to the business leave time account of an |
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employee organization by its members may be authorized in one of the |
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following ways: |
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(1) if the majority of the membership of the employee |
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organization has not affirmatively voted to require contributions |
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by the employee organization's members to its business leave time |
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account: |
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(A) a [The] police officer must authorize the |
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donation in writing on a form provided by the employee organization |
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and approved by the municipality; and |
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(B) after[. After] receiving the signed |
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authorization on an approved form, the municipality shall transfer |
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donated time to the account monthly until the municipality receives |
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the police officer's written revocation of the authorization; or |
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(2) if the majority of the membership of the employee |
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organization has affirmatively voted to require contributions by |
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the employee organization's members to its business leave time |
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account: |
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(A) except as provided by Paragraph (C), the |
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municipality shall transfer donated time to the employee |
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organization's business leave time account from the accumulated |
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vacation or compensatory time of each police officer who is a member |
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of the employee organization in the amount approved by vote of the |
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employee organization not to exceed the amount allowed under |
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Subsection (c); |
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(B) the municipality shall transfer the donated |
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time to the account monthly beginning with the first calendar month |
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that begins after the date of the employee organization vote |
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requiring contributions; and |
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(C) each year, during the period beginning on the |
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60th day before the anniversary of the first day of the first |
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calendar month in which donations were first transferred to the |
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business leave time account of the employee organization under |
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Paragraph (B) and ending on the 30th day before that anniversary, a |
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police officer who is a member of the employee organization may |
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inform the municipality in writing on a form provided by the |
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employee organization and approved by the municipality that the |
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police officer chooses to not donate time to the account during the |
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12-month period beginning with that anniversary. |
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SECTION 2. Section 142.013(i), Local Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |