FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER.
Read 1st time March 6, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 168.300, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to contributions authorized by district employers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 168.300, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 168.300, to read as follows:
168.300. 1. Every school district in this state including special school districts may adopt policies and regulations providing for deductions from the compensation of the district's employees whenever a request to do so is presented to the board by a group of ten or more employees. Such request shall be renewed at least once per year in order to deduct from compensation as provided in this section.
2. Deductions shall be made from compensation earned by the employee and shall be remitted to the appropriate company, association, or organization as authorized by the employee within fifteen days following the deduction.
3. Deductions may be made for[, but not limited to,] the following: credit unions, tax sheltered annuities, individual retirement accounts, [membership dues,] voluntary charitable contributions, or group insurance premiums.
4. A board of education when deducting amounts from the compensation of employees as directed by the employee shall not be liable for any good faith error.
5. The school board shall determine the cost of compliance with this section and shall deduct, in addition to the amount to be paid to any entity for which deduction is authorized, the cost of compliance with the request of the employee.
[6. The various subsections of this section shall be deemed severable and if a subsection of this section is declared invalid or unconstitutional, then such declaration shall not affect the remaining subsections.]
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