Tennessee § 4-24-202 - Bonus pay — Eligibility.

§ 4-24-202. Bonus pay — Eligibility.

Any unit of government with firefighters who successfully complete in each year an in-service training course, appropriate to the firefighter's rank and responsibility and the size and location of the firefighter's department, of at least forty (40) hours duration at a school certified or established by the commission shall be entitled to receive a pay supplement of eight hundred dollars ($800) from the commission to be paid to the firefighter in addition to the firefighter's regular salary. Any or all firefighters shall be eligible for such educational incentive upon satisfactory completion, as determined by the commission, of forty (40) hours of such training in each year. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any firefighter who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during either the Desert Storm or Desert Shield Operations shall receive the cash salary supplement provided pursuant to this section, if such service prevented such firefighter from attending the in-service training program pursuant to this section. The provisions are retroactive in application. In addition, any firefighter who served or serves on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during Operation Enduring Freedom or any other period of armed conflict prescribed by presidential proclamation or federal law that occurs following the period involving Operation Enduring Freedom shall receive the cash salary supplement provided pursuant to this section, if such service prevented or prevents such firefighter from attending the in-service training program pursuant to this section. Acts 1975, ch. 268, § 2; T.C.A., § 4-2411; Acts 1988, ch. 1003, § 3; 1992, ch. 588, § 3; 2003, ch. 289, § 1; 2004, ch. 427, § 5; 2007, ch. 567, § 1; 2019, ch. 152, § 1. Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by § 9-1-116 , concerning entitlement to funds, absent appropriation. Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “eight hundred dollars ($800)” for “six hundred dollars ($600)” near the end of (a). Effective Dates. Acts 2019, ch. 152, § 3. July 1, 2019. Attorney General Opinions. Eligibility of fire fighters called to active military duty for vacation and sick leave; eligibility of police officers, fire fighters, and sheriff's deputies called to active military duty for supplemental pay, OAG 92-12, 1992 Tenn. AG LEXIS 12 (2/19/92).