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California Education Code Section 87833

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Except as provided in Section 87834, the governing board of
each community college district, when drawing an order for the salary
payment due to an academic employee of the district, shall with or
without charge reduce the order by the amount which the board has
been requested in a revocable written authorization by the employee
to deduct for the purpose of paying the dues of the employee for
membership in any local professional organization, or in any
statewide professional organization, or in any other professional
organization affiliated or otherwise connected with a statewide
professional organization which authorizes the statewide organization
to receive membership dues on its behalf and for the purpose of
paying his or her pro rata share of the costs incurred by the
district in making the deduction.  No charge shall exceed the actual
cost to the district of the dues deduction.  Any revocation of a
written authorization shall be in writing and shall be effective
commencing with the next pay period.
   Unless otherwise provided in an agreement negotiated pursuant to
Chapter 10.7  (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1
of the Government Code, the governing board shall, no later than the
10th day of each pay period for academic employees, draw its order
upon the funds of the district in favor of the organization
designated by the employee for an amount equal to the total of the
dues deductions made with respect to that organization for the
previous pay period and shall transmit the total amount to that
organization no later than the 15th day of each pay period for
academic employees.  When timely transmittal of dues payments by a
county is necessary for a community college district to comply with
the provisions of this section, the county shall act in a timely
manner.  If the employees of a district do not authorize the board to
make a deduction to pay their pro rata share of the costs of making
deductions for the payment of dues, the board shall deduct from the
amount transmitted to the organization on whose account the dues
payments were deducted the actual costs of making the deduction.
   The revocable written authorization shall remain in effect until
expressly revoked in writing by the employee.  Whenever there is a
change in the amount required for the payment to the organization,
the employee organization shall provide the employee with adequate
and necessary data on the change at a time sufficiently prior to the
effective date of the change to allow the employee an opportunity to
revoke the written authorization, if desired.  The employee
organization shall provide the public school employer with
notification of the change at a time sufficiently prior to the
effective date of the change to allow the employer an opportunity to
make the necessary adjustments and with a copy of the notification of
the change which has been sent to all concerned employees.
   The governing board shall not require the completion of a new
deduction authorization when a dues change has been effected or at
any other time without the express approval of the concerned employee
organization.

Last modified: January 12, 2009