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AN ACT Relating to voluntary payroll deductions; amending RCW 41.04.230; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 41.04.230 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 6 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:

Any official of the state authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries and wages of public officers ((or)), employees, or individual providers as defined in RCW 74.39A.240(4) is authorized, upon written request of the officer ((or)), employee, or individual provider to deduct from the salaries ((or)), wages, or payments of the officers ((or)), employees, or individual providers the amount or amounts of subscription payments, premiums, contributions, or continuation thereof, for payment of the following:

(1) Credit union deductions: PROVIDED, That twenty-five or more employees or individual providers of a single state agency or a total of one hundred or more state employees or individual providers of several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to the same credit union. An agency may, in its own discretion, establish a minimum participation requirement of fewer than twenty-five employees or individual providers.

(2) Parking fee deductions: PROVIDED, That payment is made for parking facilities furnished by the agency or by the department of general administration.

(3) U.S. savings bond deductions: PROVIDED, That a person within the particular agency shall be appointed to act as trustee. The trustee will receive all contributions; purchase and deliver all bond certificates; and keep such records and furnish such bond or security as will render full accountability for all bond contributions.

(4) Board, lodging or uniform deductions when such board, lodging and uniforms are furnished by the state, or deductions for academic tuitions or fees or scholarship contributions payable to the employing institution.

(5) Dues and other fees deductions: PROVIDED, That the deduction is for payment of membership dues to any professional organization formed primarily for public employees, individual providers, or college and university professors: AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, That twenty-five or more employees or individual providers of a single state agency, or a total of one hundred or more state employees or individual providers of several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to the same professional organization.

(6) Labor or employee organization dues may be deducted in the event that a payroll deduction is not provided under a collective bargaining agreement under ((~~the provisions of~~)) RCW 41.06.150 or, for individual providers, under RCW 41.56.110: PROVIDED, That twenty-five or more officers ((or)), employees, or individual providers of a single agency, or a total of one hundred or more officers ((or)), employees, or individual providers of several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to the same labor or employee organization: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That labor or employee organizations with five hundred or more members in state government or under the home care quality authority may have payroll deduction for employee or individual provider benefit programs.

(7) Insurance contributions to the authority for payment of premiums under contracts authorized by the state health care authority. However, enrollment or assignment by the state health care authority to participate in a health care benefit plan, as required by RCW 41.05.065(5), shall authorize a payroll deduction of premium contributions without a written consent under the terms and conditions established by the public employees' benefits board.

(8) Deductions to a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association if (a) the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association is authorized to do business in this state; and (b) twenty-five or more employees or individual providers of a single agency, or fewer, if a lesser number is established by such agency, or a total of one hundred or more state employees or individual providers of several agencies have authorized a deduction for payment to the same bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association.

(9) Voluntary deductions for political committees registered with the public disclosure commission, federal election commission, or both. However, if twenty-five or more officers, employees, or individual providers of a single agency or a total of one hundred or more officers, employees, or individual providers of several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to the same political committee. The political committee, or the sponsor of the political committee, shall reimburse the state for the additional costs incurred in making the deductions authorized in this subsection in order to ensure that no state funds are used for political purposes.

Deductions from salaries and wages of public officers ((~~and~~)), employees, and individual providers other than those enumerated in this section or by other law, may be authorized by the director of financial management for purposes clearly related to state employment or goals and objectives of the agency and for plans authorized by the state health care authority.

The authority to make deductions from the salaries and wages of public officers ((~~and~~)), employees, and individual providers as provided for in this section shall be in addition to such other authority as may be provided by law: PROVIDED, That the state or any department, division, or separate agency of the state shall not be liable to any insurance carrier or contractor for the failure to make or transmit any such deduction.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2002.