BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        S.B. 1067
                                                     By: Whitmire
                                      Intergovernmental Relations
                                                           4-6-95
                                       Committee Report (Amended)
BACKGROUND

Police officers in certain specialized divisions of the Houston
Police Department may receive assignment pay for duty requiring
special skills or training or both.  Other individual officers and
units within the police department perform tasks requiring similar
training and skill requirement as the officers in the specialized
divisions, yet they are not eligible for similar compensation.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1067 authorizes a municipality to authorize
assignment pay for police officers in certain municipalities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 143.114(b), Local Government Code, as
follows:

     (b)  Authorizes the governing body of a municipality with a
     population of 1.2 million or more to authorize assignment pay,
     among others, for police officers who perform specialized
     functions in their respective departments, including but not
     limited to career patrol officers.  Makes nonsubstantive
     changes.
     
     (c)  Created from existing text.
     
     SECTION 2.     Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.