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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of each community college district, when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a classified employee of the community college district, may, shall, without charge, reduce the order by the amount which that it has been requested in a revocable written authorization by the employee an employee who is a member of the bargaining unit to deduct for the payment of dues in, or for any other service provided by, any bona fide employee organization, of which the employee is a member,
whose membership consists, in whole or in part, of employees of that
community college district, and which that has, as one of its objectives, improvements in the terms or conditions of employment for the advancement of the welfare of those employees.The
(2) The revocable written authorization shall remain in effect until expressly revoked in writing by the employee. employee in accordance with the terms of the authorization. Whenever there is an increase in the amount required for such a the payment to the employee organization, the employee organization shall provide the employee with adequate and necessary data on the increase at a time sufficiently prior to before the effective date of the increase to allow the employee an opportunity to revoke the written authorization, if desired. desired and if permitted by the authorization. The employee organization shall provide the public school employer community college district with notification of the increase at a time sufficiently prior to before the effective date of the increase to allow the employer an opportunity to make the necessary changes and with a copy of the notification of the increase which that has been sent to all concerned employees.
Upon
(3) Upon receipt of a
properly signed authorization for payroll deductions by a classified employee pursuant to this section, the governing board of the community college district shall reduce the employee’s pay warrant by the designated amount in the next pay period following the closing date for receipt of changes in pay warrants.
The governing board,
(4) The governing board of the community college district, on the same designated date of each month, shall draw its order upon the funds of the
community college
district in favor of the
employee organization designated by the employee for an amount equal to the total of the respective deductions made with respect to such the employee organization during the pay period.
The
(5) The governing board of the community college district shall not require the completion of a new deduction authorization when a dues increase has been effected or at any other time without the express approval of the concerned employee organization.
(6) (A) Revocability of an authorization described in this section shall be determined by the terms of the authorization.
(B) Before processing a revocation request, the community college district shall either provide a copy of the request to the employee organization or confirm that the employee has sent it a revocation request, and shall provide the employee organization five days in which to advise the community college district whether the revocation request is in conformity with the authorization. The community college district may rely on an employee organization’s statement that a revocation request is not in conformity with an authorization, and the employee organization shall indemnify and defend the community college district against any claim
made by an employee for deductions based on the statement.
(b) The governing board of each community college district, when drawing an order for the salary or wage payment due to a classified employee of the community college district may, without charge, reduce the order for the payment of dues to, or for any other service provided by, the certified or recognized employee organization of which the classified employee is a member, or for the payment of service fees to the certified or recognized organization as required in an organizational security arrangement between the exclusive representative and a community college district employer as provided under Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of
Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code. However, the organizational security arrangement shall provide that any employee may pay service fees directly to the certified or recognized employee organization in lieu of having the service fees deducted from the salary or wage order.
(c) This section shall apply to community college districts that have adopted the merit system in the same manner and effect as if it were a part of Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060).