By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 1044
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2003; March 17, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 22, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 22, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1044                                   By:  Ellis


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to supplemental pay for certain officers of the Department 
of Public Safety of the State of Texas who have obtained certain 
higher education degrees or an equivalent number of credit hours.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 411.016, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.016.  SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR OVERTIME WORK OR WORK ON 
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 411.0161 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0161.  SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.  
(a)  If an officer commissioned by the department has obtained one 
of the following degrees, or a number of credit hours equivalent to 
one of the following degrees, from an accredited public or private 
college or university, the department may pay the officer 
supplemental pay in an amount not to exceed:
		(1)  $100 per month for an associate degree;                           
		(2)  $200 per month for a bachelor's degree; or                        
		(3)  $300 per month for a master's or more advanced 
degree.          
	(b)  The maximum amount of supplemental pay for higher 
education that the department 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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