GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1

SENATE BILL 990

Short Title:	Deduction Flexibility.  	(Public)
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Sponsors:	Senator Ballance.
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Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.
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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GRANT ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN THE DEDUCTION OF DUES AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-3.3(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Payroll Deduction for Payments for Certain Employees' Associations Allowed. -- An employee of the State or any of its institutions, departments, bureaus, agencies or commissions, or any of its local boards of education or community colleges, who is a member of a domiciled employees' association that has at least 2,000 members, the majority of whom are employees of the State or public school employees, may authorize, in writing, the periodic deduction each payroll period from the employee's salary or wages a designated sum or sums to be paid for the employees' association. The authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the employee. A plan of payroll deductions pursuant to this subsection for employees of the State and other association members shall become void if the employees' association engages in collective bargaining with the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any local school administrative unit. This subsection does not apply to county or municipal governments or any local governmental unit, except for local boards of education."
Section 2.  G.S. 135-18.8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 135-18.8. Deduction for payments for certain employees' associations allowed.
Any member who is a member of a domiciled employees' association that has at least 2,000 members, the majority of whom are employees of the State or public school employees, may authorize, in writing, the periodic deduction from the member's retirement benefits a designated sum or sums to be paid for the employees' association.  The authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the member.  A plan of deductions pursuant to this section shall become void if the employees' association engages in collective bargaining with the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any local school administrative unit."
Section 3. Section 2 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2000, and applies to retirement benefits paid on or after that date.  The remainder of this act becomes effective January 1, 2000.