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with the employee's salary or wages that are paid on the first workday
of the second month following the month in which:
(A) the employer receives the authorization form; or [-]
(B) the electronic authorization is submitted through
CAPPS.
{(2) Effeetive date of authorization forms that request
changes in deductions- This paragraph applies only to a state em-
ployee's authorization form that requests a change to a dedution-
The employer of the employee may decide when the change will take
effect- 4Hwever, the change must take effect not later than with the
employee's salary or wages that are paid on the first workday of the
e cnd month folowi g the month in which the emjlyer re eives the e Efci at ofat o zto fo m thtrq etel ton ofd ut o s.T spa gah apisoly oasaeem
eellations of 4ediuctios- -This paragraph applies only to a state em-
ployee's authorization form that requests the eaneellation of a dedue-
tion- The employer of the employee may decide when the eaneellation
will take effect7:Hpwe(erV the cancellation must take effect not later
than with the employee's saary or wages that ae paid on the first work-
day of the second month following the mnth in which the em-yer
receives the form-}
(2) [(4)] Copies of authorization forms.
(A) A participating credit union is solely responsible for
making a copy of an authorization form before the credit union submits
the form to an employer [a state agency].
(B) A state employee is solely responsible for making
a copy of an authorization form before the employee submits the form
to a participating credit union or employer [state agency].
(d) Return of authorization forms.
(1) Mandatory return. An employer [A state agency] shall
return an authorization form to the participating credit union or state
employee that submitted the form if it:
(A) is incomplete, contains erroneous data, or is oth-
erwise insufficient and the insufficiency makes it impossible for the
employer [agency] to cancel, establish, or change the deduction ac-
cording to the form; or
(B) is for an individual who is not employed by the
employer [agency].
(2) Discretionary return. An employer [A state agency]
may return an authorization form to the participating credit union or
state employee that submitted the form if the form is a copy or facsim-
ile.
(e) Requirements for the content and format of authorization
forms.
(1) Prohibition against distributing or providing authoriza-
tion forms. A participating credit union may not distribute or provide
an authorization form to a state employee until the credit union has re-
ceived the comptroller's written approval of the form.
(2) Requirement to produce authorization forms. As a con-
dition for retaining its certification, a participating credit union must
produce an authorization form that complies with the comptroller's re-
quirements and this section. The credit union must produce the form
within a reasonable time after receiving its certification from the comp-
troller.
(3) Using previously approved authorization forms. A par-
ticipating credit union may use an authorization form that the comp-troller has approved for use by another participating credit union if the
form is modified so that the first credit union's name appears at the top
of the form.
(4) Restrictions on approval of authorization forms by the
comptroller. The comptroller may not approve the authorization form
of a participating credit union unless:
{(A) the farms at least -8-2 iches wide
{(B) the form is at least -14inehes long;}
(Aj [(C)] the form has a blank space for insertion of the
amount of administrative fees the employee completing the form must
pay under this section;
_B [(-D)] the name of the credit union appears at the top
of the form; and
(C) [(-E)] the form complies with the comptroller's other
requirements for format and substance.
(5) Revisions of authorization forms. A participating credit
union shall revise an authorization form upon request from the comp-
troller. The credit union may not distribute or otherwise make available
a revised form to a state employee until the credit union has received
the comptroller's written approval of the form.
(f) Requirements for certifying and decertifying credit unions.
(1) Request for certification. The comptroller may not cer-
tify a credit union unless the comptroller receives a written request for
certification from an individual who is authorized by the credit union
to make the request.
(2) Requirements for requests for certification. The comp-
troller may not certify a credit union unless its request for certification
includes:
(A) the credit union's complete name;
(B) the street address of the credit union's main branch;
(C) the mailing address of the credit union's main
branch, if different from the street address;
(D) the full name, title, telephone number, email ad-
dress [facsimile telephone number], and mailing address of the credit
union's primary contact;
(E) the credit union's Internal Revenue Service em-
ployer [payee] identification number; and
(F) the other information that the comptroller deems
necessary.
(3) Electronic funds transfers. The comptroller may not
certify a credit union unless the credit union:
(A) [it] submits to the comptroller a request for de-
ducted amounts to be paid by the comptroller through electronic funds
transfers under rules and procedures adopted by the comptroller;
(B) [it] submits to each institution of higher education
that will be paying deducted amounts directly to the credit union a re-
quest for those amounts to be paid through electronic funds transfers;
and
(C) all those requests are approved.
(4) Notifications.
(A) The comptroller shall notify [mai4 a notice to] a
credit union in writing about the comptroller's approval or disapproval
of the credit union's request for certification[. The notice must be47 TexReg 760 February 18, 2022 Texas Register
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