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Credit Union Deductions

Background

Each pay period, state employees may authorize deductions from their salary or wage payment for a payment to a participating credit union.

To participate, a credit union must:

  • Submit forms to the Comptroller’s office agreeing to the provisions of Administrative Rule 5.47.
  • Develop an authorization form that complies with the Comptroller’s rules.

View the list of approved participating credit unions (login required).

Deduction Authorization

An employee may authorize up to three deductions per month, but no more than one deduction may be made to a particular credit union.

An employee authorizes a deduction to a credit union by either:

  1. Completing an authorization form provided by the credit union and returning it to the credit union.
    – or –
  2. Submitting a properly completed electronic authorization through CAPPS.

The credit union will forward completed authorization forms it receives to the employing state agency.

The employing state agency must process the authorization and establish the deduction no later than the first workday of the second month following the month when the agency receives the notification.

Example:

The agency receives the authorization form on March 5. The deduction must be in effect for the payroll the employee will receive on the first workday of May.

State agencies receiving an authorization form that does not appear to follow the Comptroller-approved format should contact Payroll Policy at (512) 475-5615 or payroll.policy.mail@cpa.texas.gov.

CAPPS agencies can contact the CAPPS authorized support staff help desk at (512) 463-2277.

Agencies can also select a contact from SPRS, HRIS or CAPPS agency support pages.

Note: Neither the Comptroller’s office nor any other state agency is liable for any damages or other consequences resulting from a state employee authorizing an incorrect amount for a deduction.

Sources

Texas Government Code, Sections 659.101, 659.103(a), 659.106-659.108; 34 Texas Administrative Code Section 5.47(a)(3), (6)-(8), (10), (12)-(18), (b)(2)(A)-(D), (3), (5), (c)(1), (e)(1)-(2), (g), (i)-(l).