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| 1 | 1 | 85R9572 DMS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 3713 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to longevity pay for members of fire and police | |
| 8 | 8 | departments in certain counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 141.032. LONGEVITY PAY. (a) Except as provided by | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsection (b), in [In] a municipality with a population of 10,000 | |
| 14 | 14 | or more, each member of the fire or police department is entitled to | |
| 15 | 15 | receive, in addition to all other money paid for services rendered | |
| 16 | 16 | in the department, longevity pay of $4 a month for each year of | |
| 17 | 17 | service in the department, not to exceed 25 years. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) A member of a fire or police department who, after a | |
| 19 | 19 | break in service, is reemployed on or after September 1, 2017, by a | |
| 20 | 20 | department with which the member had previously served is not | |
| 21 | 21 | entitled to longevity pay under Subsection (a) for the prior | |
| 22 | 22 | service. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |