(a) Whenever the chief administrative officer of the Fire Department or the Police Department determines that it is necessary or desirable that a position be filled by a person that is able to converse fluently in a language other than English, or speak, write and interpret a language other than English, he shall transmit to the Controller a written statement approving payment of a bilingual premium as provided by this section, to the member occupying such a position and possessing such bilingual skills.
(b) After authorizing payment of a bilingual premium, the chief administrative officer of the Fire Department or the Police Department shall certify to the Controller the name of any member eligible for a bilingual premium and the Personnel Department shall certify to the Controller that the employee has qualified under its standards of fluency and proficiency for said language.
(c) Members employed in such positions and certified as being qualified by the Personnel Department shall receive as special pay a bilingual premium of 2 3/4 percent of their salary or wages for duties requiring that they converse fluently in a language other than English, or one salary schedule for duties requiring that they interpret and write a language other than English, in addition to conversing fluently in that language.
(d) After authorization for the payment of a bilingual premium has been obtained, the chief administrative officer of the Fire Department or Police Department shall certify to the Controller the name of any member eligible for a bilingual premium and the Personnel Department shall certify to the Controller that the member has qualified under its standards of fluency and proficiency for said language.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 144,850, Eff. 4-4-73.
Amended by: Ord. No. 145,929, Eff. 5-14-74, Oper. 5-26-74; In Entirety, Ord. No. 155,161, Eff. 6-7-81; Subsec. (a), (b), (c), Ord. No. 158,612, Eff. 2-17-84; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.