78R7587 YDB-F

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 2360



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to educational incentive pay under certain municipal civil 
service systems.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.112, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  If the municipality authorizes educational incentive 
pay under this section, each eligible fire fighter within each 
classification on receipt of a degree from an accredited college or 
university is entitled to the larger of:
		(1)  the amount set by municipal ordinance; or                         
		(2)  an amount equal to:                                               
			(A)  10 percent of the fire fighter's base salary 
if the degree is an associate degree;
			(B)  20 percent of the fire fighter's base salary 
if the degree is a baccalaureate degree; or
			(C)  25 percent of the fire fighter's base salary 
if the degree is a master's or doctoral degree.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.