SRC-VRA C.S.S.B. 635 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 635
78R10683 YDB-BBy: Gallegos
Intergovernmental Relations
4/10/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, fire fighters and police officers may receive additional pay in
the form of an educational incentive as approved by the governing body of
the municipality.   C.S.S.B. 635 provides that in a municipality that
authorizes educational incentive pay, each firefighter is entitled to the
larger of an amount set by city ordinance or ten percent of base salary
for an associate's degree, twenty percent of base salary for a
baccalaureate degree, or twenty-five percent of base salary for a master's
or doctorate degree.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 143.112, Local Government Code, by adding
Subsection (d) to provide that each eligible fire fighter within each
classification on receipt of a degree from an accredited college or
university, if the municipality authorizes educational incentive pay under
this section, is entitled to the larger amount of certain pay. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.