Sec. 143.1215. REINSTATEMENT. (a) If the commission, a hearing examiner, or a district court orders that a fire fighter or police officer suspended without pay be reinstated, the municipality shall, before the end of the second full pay period after the date the person is reinstated, repay to the person all wages lost as a result of the suspension.

(b) If the municipality does not fully repay all lost wages to the fire fighter or police officer as provided by this section, the municipality shall pay the person an amount equal to the lost wages plus accrued interest.

(c) Interest under Subsection (b) accrues beginning on the date of the fire fighter's or police officer's reinstatement at a rate equal to three percent plus the rate for court judgments under Chapter 304, Finance Code, that is in effect on the date of the person's reinstatement.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 29(c), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1396, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.80, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.