Title: Salary Incentives for Law Enforcement Officers

Summary: Revises payment amounts under salary incentive program for law enforcement officers; provides for annual inflation adjustment amounts.

Full Text:
An act relating to salary incentives for law enforcement officers; amending s. 943.22, F.S.; revising the payment amounts under the salary incentive program for law enforcement officers; providing for annual inflation adjustment of payment amounts; requiring annual reports; authorizing rulemaking; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) of subsection (2) of section 943.22, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (k) is added to that subsection, to read: 943.22 Salary incentive program for full-time officers.-(2) (b) Any full-time off icer who has a community college degree or equivalent shall receive the sum of $70 $30 per month in the manner provided for in paragraph (h). (c) Any full-time officer who receives a bachelor's degree shall receive an additional sum of $120 $50 per month in the manner provided for in paragraph (h). (d) Any full-time officer who completes hours of approved career development program training courses on or HB 2020 before June 30, 1985, shall receive the sum of $285 $120 per month. Any full-time officer who is entitled to full or proportional career development salary incentive payments on or before June 30, 1985, shall continue to receive such payments. On or after July 1, 1985, any officer who completes a combination of hours of approved advanced and care er development training courses established pursuant to s. 943.17(1)(b) and (c) shall receive the sum of $285 $120 per month. The commission, by rule, may provide for proportional shares for courses completed in-hour units in each program in a manner pr ovided for in paragraph (h). (e) The maximum aggregate amount which any full-time officer may receive under this section is $310 $130 per month. No education incentive payments shall be made for any state law enforcement or correctional position for whic hthe class specification requires the minimum of a-year degree, or higher. (k) Beginning January 1, 2021, and on January of each year thereafter, incentive payment amounts set out in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall be adjusted by the pe rcentage change in the average of the Consumer Price Index issued by the United States Department of Labor for the most recent-month period ending September 30, compared to the base year average, which is the average for the-month period ending Septe mber 30, 1990, and rounded to the nearest dollar. The commission HB 2020 shall notify the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each employing agency of the revised amounts by January of each year. The revised a mounts shall take effect July of each year. The commission may adopt rules as may be necessary for the administration of this paragraph. Section 2. The amendments to s. 943.22, Florida Statutes, by this act apply to pay periods beginning July 1, 2020,and do not entitle any person to additional compensation for any pay period before that date. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.