FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2022

 

February 5, 2022

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 86

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

 

     1. On page 2, line 12, strike "F" and insert in lieu thereof "G".

 

     2. On pages 2 and 3, strike Subsection D in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsections:

 

          "D. A law enforcement officer shall receive a retention differential disbursement in the amount of five percent of the law enforcement officer's salary upon reaching years of service of four, nine, fourteen and nineteen years from the anniversary of the law enforcement officer's date of hire with that law enforcement agency; provided that:

 

                (1) the law enforcement officer remains employed as a law enforcement officer with that same law enforcement agency for one additional year; and

 

                (2) the retention differential disbursement shall be calculated based on the salary of the law enforcement officer on those dates.

 

          E. After the calculations for retention differential disbursements are made in accordance with Subsection D of this section, if the balance in the fund is insufficient to permit the total disbursements provided by Subsection D of this section, the department shall reduce that allocation to the maximum amount permitted by available money in the fund.".

 

     3. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

 

     4. On page 5, line 18, strike "F" and insert in lieu thereof "G".

 

     5. On page 5, line 22, strike "F" and insert in lieu thereof "G".

 

     6. On page 6, line 1, strike "the police", strike lines 2 and 3 in their entirety and on line 4, strike "university police department" and insert in lieu thereof "an agency of the state or local political subdivision of the state that employs certified law enforcement officers".

 

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Patricia A. Lundstrom, Chairwoman

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 18 For 0 Against

Yes:      18

No:       0

Excused:  None

Absent:   None

 

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