Amend SB 1050 on Third Reading by adding an appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to read as follows:
SECTION ____. Section 143.027(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person appointed to a beginning position in the fire or
police department must serve a probationary period of one year
beginning on that person's date of employment as a fire fighter,
police officer, or academy trainee. In a municipality with a
population less than 1.9 million, the commission by rule may extend
the probationary period by not longer than six months for persons
who:
(1) are not employed by a department in which a
collective bargaining agreement or meet-and-confer agreement
currently exists or previously existed; and
(2) must attend a basic training academy necessary for
initial certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection or
the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
SECTION ____. Section 143.041(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) In addition to the base salary, each fire fighter or
police officer is entitled to each of the following types of pay, if
applicable:
(1) longevity or seniority pay;
(2) educational incentive pay as authorized by Section
143.044;
(3) assignment pay as authorized by Sections 143.042
and 143.043;
(4) certification pay as authorized by Section
143.044; [and]
(5) shift differential pay as authorized by Section
143.047; and
(6) fitness incentive pay as authorized by Section
143.044.
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 143.044, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 143.044. CERTIFICATION, [AND] EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE,
AND FITNESS INCENTIVE PAY.
SECTION ____. Section 143.044, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(d) If the criteria for fitness incentive pay are clearly
established, are in writing, and are applied equally to each fire
fighter or police officer in a municipality who meets the criteria,
the municipality's governing body may authorize fitness incentive
pay for each fire fighter or police officer who successfully meets
the criteria.
(e) The certification pay, [and] educational incentive pay,
and fitness incentive pay are in addition to a fire fighter's or
police officer's regular pay.
SECTION ____. The change in law made by this Act to Section
143.027(a), Local Government Code, applies only in relation to a
person whose date of employment for purposes of that law is on or
after the effective date of this Act. A person whose date of
employment for purposes of that law is before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.