Amend HB 2750 as follows:
      At page 2, line 3, between "officer" and "is" the following:
      "designated as a bilingual interpreter".
      At page 2, after line 13, insert a new subparagraph (1) of
Sec. 141.053 and renumber the following subparagraphs as
appropriate:
            (1)  The number of designated bilingual interpreters
needed by the department;
      On page 2, delete lines 18 though 24 and replace with the
following:
      Sec. 141.054.  CIVIL PENALTY.  A department that fails to
compensate a firefighter or police officer entitled and qualified
to receive additional wages under this subchapter and the
departmental guidelines established under Sec. 141.053 is liable to
the firefighter or police officer for damages in the amount of lost
wages plus interest at the rate of 5% per annum.