Bill Text: TX HB3713 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to longevity pay for members of fire and police departments in certain counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB3713 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3713-Introduced.html

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85R9572 DMS-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 3713

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to longevity pay for members of fire and police
departments in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 141.032. LONGEVITY PAY. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), in [In] a municipality with a population of 10,000
or more, each member of the fire or police department is entitled to
receive, in addition to all other money paid for services rendered
in the department, longevity pay of $4 a month for each year of
service in the department, not to exceed 25 years.
(b) A member of a fire or police department who, after a
break in service, is reemployed on or after September 1, 2017, by a
department with which the member had previously served is not
entitled to longevity pay under Subsection (a) for the prior
service.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.