| (III) State employees in the Austin local campaign
area have authorized total deductions of $10,000 to the following
statewide federations or funds. Organizations 4 and 5 have each been
authorized to receive $5,000.
(ii) The calculation of undesignated initial distribution
amounts in this subparagraph relates only to the $5,000 in undesignated
deductions to the Austin local campaign manager. This is because an
eligible local charitable organization or a statewide federation or
fund has an undesignated initial distribution amount only with respect
to undesignated deductions.
(iii) The first step is to determine the designated
initial distribution amount for each eligible local charitable organization
listed in clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph. That amount for each
organization is the total amount of deductions that state employees
have designated to the organization. Therefore, the designated initial
distribution amount for Organization 1 is $5,000, Organization 2 is
$3,000, and Organization 3 is $2,000.
(iv) The second step is to determine the distribution
percentage for each eligible local charitable organization listed
in clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph. The distribution percentage
must be determined according to subparagraph (F)(ii) of this paragraph.
The distribution percentage for each organization is as follows:
(I) Organization 1--25%;
(II) Organization 2--15%;
(III) Organization 3--10%.
(v) The third step is to determine the distribution
percentage for each statewide federation or fund listed in clause
(i)(III) of this subparagraph. The distribution percentage must be
determined according to subparagraph (F)(iii) of this paragraph. The
distribution percentage for each federation or fund is as follows:
(I) Organization 4--25%;
(II) Organization 5--25%.
(vi) The fourth step is to determine the undesignated
initial distribution amount for each eligible local charitable organization
listed in clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph. The amount must be determined
by multiplying the organization's distribution percentage by the amount
of undesignated deductions to the Austin local campaign manager. The
amount for each organization is as follows:
(I) Organization 1--$1,250;
(II) Organization 2--$750;
(III) Organization 3--$500.
(vii) The fifth and final step is to determine the
undesignated initial distribution amount for each statewide federation
or fund listed in clause (i)(III) of this subparagraph. The amount
must be determined by multiplying the federation or fund's distribution
percentage by the amount of undesignated deductions to the Austin
local campaign manager. The amount for each organization is as follows:
(I) Organization 4--$1,250;
(II) Organization 5--$1,250.
(H) Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph, a local
campaign manager shall distribute deducted amounts to an eligible
local charitable organization or a statewide federation or fund according
to the percentage method required by subsection (j) of this section.
A designated or undesignated initial distribution amount specified
or determined under this paragraph is only the starting point for
calculating the amount to be distributed.
(2) Receiving deducted amounts through statewide federations
or funds.
(A) This subparagraph applies to a state employee only
if not employed by an institution of higher education. A state employee's
authorization of a deduction to a statewide federation or fund may
designate not more than nine eligible charitable organizations to
receive the deducted amounts through the federation or fund.
(B) This subparagraph applies to a state employee only
if employed by an institution of higher education. A state employee's
authorization of a deduction to a statewide federation or fund may
designate one or more eligible charitable organizations to receive
the employee's deducted amounts through the federation or fund. The
employee may designate not more than nine organizations if the employing
institution of higher education has not specified a higher maximum
number of designations that its employees may make. If the institution
has specified a higher maximum number, then the employee may designate
not more than that number.
(C) If a state employee's authorization of a deduction
to a statewide federation or fund designates only one eligible charitable
organization, then the organization's designated initial distribution
amount with respect to the employee is equal to the employee's entire
deduction to the statewide federation or fund.
(D) If a state employee's authorization of a deduction
to a statewide federation or fund designates more than one eligible
charitable organization, then the designation is valid only if it
specifies the designated initial distribution amount for each organization.
(E) This subparagraph applies if a state employee's
authorization of a deduction to a statewide federation or fund does
not contain a valid designation. The statewide federation or fund
shall determine the undesignated initial distribution amount with
respect to the employee for each eligible charitable organization
affiliated with the federation or fund. The determination must be
accomplished according to the federation or fund's policy.
(F) Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph, a statewide
federation or fund shall distribute deducted amounts to an eligible
charitable organization according to the percentage method required
by subsection (k) of this section. A designated or undesignated initial
distribution amount specified or determined under this paragraph is
only the starting point for calculating the amount to be distributed.
(d) State employee charitable campaign.
(1) Time of the state employee charitable campaign.
The state employee charitable campaign shall be conducted annually
during the period after August 31st and before November 1st.
(2) Reimbursement of expenses incurred by state employees
while representing charitable organizations. A state agency may not
reimburse a state employee for expenses incurred while acting as a
representative of a charitable organization.
(3) Participation by state employees. Participation
by a state employee in the state employee charitable campaign is voluntary.
(e) Effective dates of authorization forms and electronic
deduction authorizations.
(1) Effective date of authorization forms and electronic
deduction authorizations provided during a state employee charitable
campaign. A state employee's authorization form or electronic deduction
authorization that is provided during a state employee charitable
campaign is effective for the following campaign year if the form
or electronic deduction authorization is completed properly, the form
or electronic deduction authorization is signed by the employee, and
the employee's employer receives the properly completed and signed
form or electronic deduction authorization not later than November
15th before the start of that year. The deductions may not start before
the beginning of that year.
(2) Effective date of authorization forms and electronic
deduction authorizations provided immediately after a state agency
is converted to the uniform statewide payroll/personnel system. State
law says that a state agency, other than an institution of higher
education, is not required to permit its state employees to authorize
a deduction until the first full payroll period after the agency is
converted to the uniform statewide payroll/personnel system. A state
agency covered by that law shall permit its employees to authorize
deductions so that they are effective not later than the first full
payroll period after conversion of the agency. To be effective by
that date, a properly completed authorization form or electronic deduction
authorization must be received by the agency not later than the tenth
workday before the first day of the agency's first full monthly payroll
period after conversion.
(3) Effective date of authorization forms and electronic
deduction authorizations provided by new state employees.
(A) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies to a new
state employee's authorization form or electronic deduction authorization
if it:
(i) is received by the employee's employer during a
state employee charitable campaign; and
(ii) authorizes a deduction to begin during the campaign
year following the campaign year in which the form or electronic deduction
authorization is received.
(B) This subparagraph applies to a new state employee's
authorization form or electronic deduction authorization only if the
form or electronic deduction authorization authorizes a deduction
to begin during the same campaign year as the campaign year in which
the employee's employer receives the form or electronic deduction
authorization. The employer may decide when the deduction will take
effect, subject to the following limitations.
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