SB140 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shay ShelnuttSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to public education; to amend Section 16-22-6, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for salary deductions for membership dues of professional educators' associations.

Summary

Requires local boards of education to adopt policies for deducting professional educators' association membership dues from employees' salaries, with specific timing and remittance rules.

What This Bill Does

It amends Section 16-22-6 to mandate deductions from employee salaries for membership dues of professional educators' associations. Deductions must occur over at least nine pay periods and be remitted within 10 days after each deduction, and may include other voluntary contributions and certain benefit payments. Dues deductions rely on lists from employee organizations, with annual updates by November 10; employees can revoke dues by September 15, and voluntary contributions with a 30-day written notice. New deductions require payroll submission and begin in the next pay period after receipt; upon employment termination, final pay will handle any amounts owed. The bill notes that health, life insurance, and tax-sheltered annuities remain separate deduction types, and boards are not liable for errors in good faith.

Who It Affects

• Educators and other school employees in Alabama whose salaries would have deductions for professional educators' association membership dues.
• Local boards of education and certain postsecondary institutions (not four-year) and their payroll offices, which must adopt policies, process deductions, and remit funds.

Key Provisions

• Local boards of education (and certain postsecondary institutions) must adopt policies to provide for salary deductions for professional educators' association membership dues.
• Deductions must occur from salaries earned in at least nine pay periods and remitted within 10 days after each deduction; deductions may include savings plans, tax-sheltered annuities, retirement accounts, membership dues, voluntary contributions, and group insurance premiums.
• Dues and voluntary contributions deductions are based on membership lists/forms provided by employees' organizations; lists must be corrected/updated and returned by November 10 each school year; dues with yearly adjustments may be deducted annually unless revoked by September 15; voluntary contributions can be revoked with a 30-day written notice.
• New authorizations for deduction must be submitted to the payroll office, and deductions begin with the pay period following receipt; upon termination, amounts owed are deducted from the final pay.
• Boards shall not be required to remit more than one remittance per pay period for separate types of deductions, with health insurance, life insurance, and tax-sheltered annuities treated as separate deduction types.
• The board or postsecondary institution bears no further liability after amounts are correctly deducted and remitted; no board shall be liable for errors when acting in good faith.
• Membership dues include dues paid to professional educators' associations.
• This section does not apply to any four-year postsecondary institution.
• Effective date: the first day of the third month following passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Public education, salary deductions for professional educators' association membership dues, provided for