Eligibility and Incentive Allowance. An Intermediate level career incentive allowance in the amount of twenty-six dollars and fifty-four cents ($26.54) shall be paid biweekly for possession of a Peace Officer Standards and Training Intermediate Certificate or possession of an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from an accredited two-year college; or An Advanced level career incentive allowance in the amount of sixty-nine dollars and twenty-three cents ($69.23) shall be paid biweekly for possession of a Peace Officer Standards and Training Advanced Certificate or a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited four-year college in a law enforcement- related field approved by the Career Incentive Committee. Employees in the classes designated may establish an initial eligibility and then a continuing eligibility at either of the two allowance levels. The initial career incentive allowance shall be paid from July 1, 1996, to those persons determined by the Career Incentive committee to be qualified on that date and to other employees in the designated classes from the date eligibility is approved by the Career Incentive Committee. Updates, changes or new applications will only be reviewed by the Career Incentive Committee quarterly, and there will be no retroactivity in a Career Incentive allowance other than as provided for initial applicants pursuant to the July 1, 1996, program inception date for this unit of representation. In no event shall an initial eligibility allowance at the Intermediate level extend beyond December 1997. For employees at the Intermediate level, for any year subsequent to the year in which the initial allowance is paid, an employee may establish continuing eligibility by completing the education or training approved by the Career Incentive Committee in accordance with the Committee rules for continued maintenance. For Advanced level participants, once eligibility is established, there is no continuing education requirement. Notice of intention to maintain continuing eligibility at the Intermediate level shall be given to the Career Incentive Committee by submitting proof of continuing education units each December, prior to the year in which continuing eligibility will be granted. The County Human Resources Director shall certify to the County Auditor the names of those employees eligible to receive a career incentive allowance and of the dates of which the allowance is to begin and end.
