MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Fees, Salaries and Administration

By: Senator(s) Jordan

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FROM THE SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE AGENCIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) An employee of a state agency may authorize in writing a transfer each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for a membership fee in an eligible state employee organization. The written authorization shall remain in effect until an employer, in writing, authorizes a change in the authorization. Participation by employees of state agencies in the payroll deduction program authorized by this section is voluntary. To be eligible, a state employee organization must have a current dues structure for state employees in place and have been operating in the state for at least eighteen (18) months and have at least twenty-five hundred (2500) members.

(2) The deductions in subsection (1) of this section shall be made each pay period in an amount as authorized by the employee. The state agencies shall pay over to the designated recipient any funds collected through payroll deductions on a monthly basis. The authorization for payroll deductions as provided herein shall be continuing unless terminated in writing by the employee.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.