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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENGROSSEDENROLLED House Bill 4331 By Delegates Criss, Rohrbach, Pack, Riley, Queen, Storch, and Capito [Introduced[Passed JanuaryMarch 21,11, 2022;

referredin toeffect thefrom Committeepassage.] on the Judiciary]   AAN BILLACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-27-4a,§8-27-21a, relating to allowing union or labor organization dues or fees to be deducted from the wages of employees of an urban mass transportation authority which receives federal Urbanfunding Massfrom Transportationthe ActFederal ofTransit 1964;Administration.

and ensuring the definition of “deduction” is changed to preserve federal funding.

§8-27-4a.§8-27-21a.

Federal grantsgrants; and wage deductions.

Thewage federaldeductions. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 was enacted to develop and revitalize the country’s public transportation systems.  This Act, in part, allows state and local transportation authorities to obtain federal grants.  Urban mass transportation authorities created pursuant to this section receive federal grants administered by the Federal Transit Administration.  Receipt of these federal grants requires certification from the United States Department of Labor.  Therefore, to preserve this source of federal funds for urban mass transportation authorities, only for urban mass transportation authority employees whose public authority employer is a recipient of federal funds, the term “deductions,” as used under Chapter 21, Article 5, shall include amounts for union, labor organization, or club dues or fees.

 Notwithstanding NOTE:any provision of this code to the contrary, the term “deductions”, as defined in §21-5-1 of this code and applied to the wages of an employee of an urban mass transportation authority under this article which is a direct or indirect recipient of federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, includes amounts authorized for union or labor organization dues or fees.

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        Chairman, House Committee                          ...............................................................

                             Chairman, Senate Committee                                                       Originating in the House.

  In effect from passage.

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                  Clerk of the House of Delegates                          ...............................................................

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