Bill Text: MS SB2285 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Department of Public Safety; revise salary scale.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-13 - Approved by Governor [SB2285 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2285-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Wiggins, Barrett

Senate Bill 2285

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SALARY SCHEDULE OF OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS; TO REPEAL SECTION 45-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT ESTABLISHES THE "DAVID R. HUGGINS ACT"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     45-1-12.  (1)  The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:

Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8        Over 12

Trooper        * * *46,95054,000

Trooper FC                    * * *49,70057,000

Corporal                                   * * *52,45060,000

Sergeant                                             * * *55,20062,750

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

Staff Sgt.      * * *57,95065,750

Sr. Staff Sgt.                * * *60,70068,750

Sgt. 1st Class                             * * *63,70072,000

                                                    * * *66,80075,000

Promotional Rank         Years of Experience

            Over 5  Over 10  Over 15  Over 20  Over 25   Over 29

Master Sgt.                 

             * * *60,700    * * *63,450   * * *66,200    * * *68,950    * * *71,700    * * *74,450

            68,750   71,500   74,500   77,500   80,500    83,250

Lieutenant                  

             * * *69,750    * * *72,500    * * *75,250   * * *78,000   * * *80,750    * * *83,750

            78,500   81,500   84,500   87,500   90,500    93,500

Captain                           

                      * * *82,000   * * *85,000    * * *88,000    * * *91,000    * * *94,000

                     91,500   95,000   98,250  101,500   104,500

Promotional Rank

Major                                   

                              * * *94,000   * * *97,000    * * *100,000    * * *103,000

                                    111,000                  

Lt. Colonel                             

                              * * *103,000    * * *106,000      * * *109,000      * * *112,000

                                       120,500

Colonel                                 

                                * * *119,500    * * *119,500     * * *119,500     * * *119,500

                                       131,750

Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics

Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8        Over 12

LE-Agent I     * * *46,95054,000

LE-Agent II                   * * *49,70057,000

LE-Agent III                                * * *52,45060,000

LE-Agent IV                                         * * *55,20062,750

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

LE-Agent V      * * *57,95065,750

LE-Agent VI                   * * *60,70068,750

LE-Officer VII                              72,000

LE-Officer VIII                                           75,000

Promotional Rank         Years of Experience

 * * *             Over 7  Over 12  Over 17  Over 22  Over 27  Over 32

             Over 5  Over 10  Over 15  Over 20  Over 25  Over 29

Master Sgt.  68,750  71,500   74,500   77,500   80,500   83,250

Lieutenant                  

             * * *69,750    * * *72,500   * * *75,250   * * *78,000    * * *80,750    * * *83,750

            78,500   81,500   84,500   87,500   90,500    93,500

Captain                   

                      * * *82,000   * * *85,000   * * *88,000    * * *91,000    * * *94,000

                     91,750   95,000   98,250  101,250   104,500

Promotional Rank

Major                  

                              * * *94,000   * * *97,000    * * *100,000    * * *103,000

                                    111,000

Lt. Colonel                    

                              * * *103,000   * * *106,000   * * *109,000     * * *112,000

                                    120,500

Colonel                                 

                              * * *119,500     * * * 119,500    * * *119,500     * * *119,500

                                    131,750

     (2)  All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board.  The rank and years of experience of each sworn officer to be used in establishing the salary shall be determined by the rank and years of experience on July 1 of the current fiscal year.

     (3)  For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Highway Patrol:

Rank                               Job Classes

(a)  Trooper                 DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I

                             LE-Investigator II

(b)  Trooper First Class      DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II

                             LE-Investigator III

(c)  Corporal                DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III

                             LE-Investigator IV

(d)  Sergeant                 DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV

                             LE-Investigator V

(e)  Staff Sergeant           DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V

(f)  Senior Staff Sergeant    DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI

                             Tech Spec

(g)  Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C      DPS-Assistant Inspector

                            DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII

                             DPS-Investigator I

                             DPS-Supv. Driver Serv.

(h)  Lieutenant              DPS-Air Operations Officer

                             DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence

                             DPS-Dist. Executive Officer

                             DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv.

                             DPS-Branch Director

                             LE-Dir/Training

                             LE-Dist. Investigator

(i)  Captain                 DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)

(j)  Major                   DPS-Bureau Director II

(k)  Lt. Colonel             DPS-Deputy Administrator;

                             DPS-Chief of Staff

(l)  Colonel/Chief of Patrol  Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol

     (4)  For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics:

Rank                         Job Classes

(a)  Agents                  LE-Agent I

                            LE-Agent II

                             LE-Agent III

                             LE-Agent IV

                             LE-Agent V

                             LE-Agent VI

(b)  Lieutenant               BN-District Investigator (LT)

(c)  Captain                 BN-District Commander

(d)  Major                   BN-Bureau Director II

                             Office Director I

(e)  Lt. Colonel             BN-Deputy Administrator

(f)  Colonel                 Director, Bureau of Narcotics

     (5)  In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, in the event the Legislature provides across-the-board salary increases to state employees whose compensation is paid from the State General Fund and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, the State Personnel Board shall revise the salary scale above to provide the same percentage or dollar amount increase as has been appropriated for other state employees.

     (6)  It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety according to the requirements of the salary scale.  Such data and information so filed may be revised from time to time as necessitated to reflect the current number and experience of sworn officers employed by the department.

     (7)  The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section.

     SECTION 2.  Section 45-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, which is the provision of law that establishes the "David R. Huggins Act," is hereby repealed.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.


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