SRC-TAG C.S.S.B. 1044 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1044
By: Ellis, Rodney
Criminal Justice
4/21/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, local law enforcement agencies pay their officers a monthly
stipend for higher education; furthermore, the officers of local law
enforcement agencies receive  a higher salary than the officers of the
Texas Department of Public Safety.  C.S.S.B. 1044 provides supplemental
pay to a Texas Department of Public Safety officer who holds a degree or
has obtained an equivalent number of credit hours in higher education.  

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 the heading to Section 411.016, Government Code, to
read as follows: 

Sec.  411.016.  SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR OVERTIME WORK OR WORK ON FEDERALLY
FUNDED PROJECTS.  

SECTION 2.  Amends Chapter 411A, Government Code, by adding Section
411.0161, as follows: 

Sec.  411.0161.  SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  Authorizes
the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), if an officer commissioned by
DPS has obtained one of several degrees, or a number of credit hours
equivalent to one of those degrees, from an accredited public or private
college or university, to pay the officer supplemental pay in amount not
exceeding $100 per month for an associate degree;  $200 per month for a
bachelor's degree; or  $300 per month for a master's or more advanced
degree. 

(b)  Provides that the maximum amount of supplemental pay for higher
education that DPS may pay to an officer who has obtained more than one of
the degrees listed in Subsection (a) is the maximum amount of supplemental
pay available under that subsection for the most advanced degree obtained
by the officer. 

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2005.