H.B. No. 1213
AN ACT
relating to fitness incentive pay for certain fire fighters and
police officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the House on April
26, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor