SENATE BILL 327

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Nava

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY; PERMITTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAY FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE MOTOR TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHO HAVE EARNED BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S DEGREES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY--INCENTIVE PAY FOR OFFICERS WITH CERTAIN DEGREES.--The department of public safety may provide as education incentive pay the following additional cumulative increments to the salary of a commissioned officer employed by the motor transportation division or the special investigations division of the department of public safety:

          A. an additional one hundred dollars ($100) per month for a commissioned officer who has earned a bachelor's degree; and

          B. an additional one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month for a commissioned officer who has earned a master's degree.

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