By Madla                                              S.B. No. 1405
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the minimum base salary for certain licensed peace
 1-3     officers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 614, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
 1-7      SUBCHAPTER F.  MINIMUM SALARY FOR CERTAIN LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS
 1-8           Sec. 614.081.  SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR CERTAIN LOCAL PEACE
 1-9     OFFICERS. (a)  A full-time deputy sheriff, deputy constable, or
1-10     municipal police officer who receives an annual base salary paid
1-11     from municipal or county funds of less than $30,000 is entitled to
1-12     a salary supplement from the state in an amount that raises the
1-13     annual base salary to $30,000.
1-14           (b)  The governing body of the municipality or the
1-15     commissioners court of the county may not reduce the amount of
1-16     municipal or county funds paid as a salary to a deputy sheriff,
1-17     deputy constable, or municipal police officer in order to use or
1-18     increase the salary supplement provided by this section.
1-19           (c)  If the governing body of a municipality or the
1-20     commissioners court of a county prescribes an annual salary paid
1-21     from municipal or county funds for a full-time deputy sheriff's,
1-22     deputy constable's, or municipal police officer's position in an
1-23     amount that is less than $30,000, the governing body or
1-24     commissioners court may not prescribe a salary paid from municipal
 2-1     or county funds for the position in an amount that is less than the
 2-2     amount paid by the municipality or county on August 31, 2001, for a
 2-3     deputy sheriff's, deputy constable's, or municipal police officer's
 2-4     position requiring similar experience and qualifications.
 2-5           Sec. 614.082.  MINIMUM SALARY FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
 2-6     OFFICERS. A commissioned ranger or other commissioned law
 2-7     enforcement officer employed full-time by the Department of Public
 2-8     Safety is entitled to receive an annual base salary of not less
 2-9     than $30,000.
2-10           SECTION 2.  (a)  Subject to the amount appropriated for this
2-11     purpose in the General Appropriations Act, a full-time deputy
2-12     sheriff, deputy constable, or municipal police officer paid from
2-13     municipal or county funds who receives an annual base salary of
2-14     less than $30,000 is entitled to receive at least the pro rata
2-15     portion of the salary supplement prescribed by Section 614.081,
2-16     Government Code, as added by this Act, beginning with the first
2-17     full pay period that begins on or after the effective date of this
2-18     Act.
2-19           (b)  Subject to the amount appropriated for this purpose in
2-20     the General Appropriations Act, a full-time commissioned ranger or
2-21     other commissioned law enforcement officer employed by the
2-22     Department of Public Safety who receives an annual base salary of
2-23     less than $30,000 is entitled to receive at least the pro rata
2-24     portion of the minimum annual salary prescribed by Section 614.082,
2-25     Government Code, as added by this Act, beginning with the first
2-26     full pay period that begins on or after the effective date of this
2-27     Act.
 3-1           (c)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.