MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers; Appropriations

By: Representative Green (96th)

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN STATE SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,400.00; TO DIRECT THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STATE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE SALARY INCREASE; TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE SALARY INCREASES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.  

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

SECTION 1. (1) The State Personnel Board shall adjust the Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan in a manner which will effectuate an increase in the annual compensation of each state service employee in the following job classifications by an amount equal to Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00) beginning with fiscal year 1997-1998:

OCCUPATIONAL TITLE (OCCUPATIONAL CODE)

Correctional Officer I (1067)

Correctional Officer Trainee (2020)

Department of Human Services - Eligibility Worker I (2193)

Department of Human Services - Eligibility Worker II (4176)

Department of Transportation - Weight Enforcement Officer (2098)

Forestry Crew Chief (780)

Forestry Crew Member (781)

Department of Mental Health - Direct Care Trainee (3425)

Department of Mental Health - Direct Care Worker (3426)

Office Manager I (395)

Office Manager II (396)

Office Manager III (397)

Office Manager IV (398)

Secretary Executive (230)

Secretary Executive (7640)

Secretary Principal (516)

Youth Services Counselor Aide I (135)

Youth Services Counselor Aide II (499)

Youth Services Counselor Aide III (633)

Accounting Clerk (8)

Accounting Clerk Senior (10)

Accounting/Auditing Technician (3970)

Clerk (115)

Clerk Senior (118)

Clerk Typist (120)

Clerk Typist Senior (121)

Department of Corrections - Correctional Nurse III (4162)

Department of Corrections - Vocational Education Instructor (7275)

Department of Human Services - Clerical Support (116)

Department of Human Services - Food Stamp Cashier (2161)

Department of Public Safety - Driver's License Examiner II (4219)

Department of Public Safety - Driver's License Examiner Senior (4159)

General Service Employee I (2148)

General Service Employee II (2149)

Health Program Representative I (1835)

Health Program Representative II (1836)

Health Program Representative III (1837)

Legal Secretary (537)

Legal Secretary II (4135)

Legal Secretary III (4136)

Legal Secretary, Senior (4137)

Medical Records Clerk (3382)

Park Worker Aide (3988)

Postal Clerk (1899)

Recreation Supervisor I (472)

Recreation Supervisor II (1845)

Recreation Supervisor III (1846).

The increase in compensation provided for in this subsection shall be in addition to any other increase to which the state employees in those positions may be entitled.

(2) If the increases in compensation provided for in this section would cause any employee's compensation to be in excess of the compensation of the executive head of the state agency or department in which he is employed, then that employee's compensation shall be increased only to the extent that the employee's salary will be equal in amount to the compensation of the executive head.

SECTION 2. If any state employee entitled to an increase in compensation under Section 1 of this act is unable to receive the full amount of the salary increase provided for in that section because to award the entire allowable increase would cause that employee's base salary to exceed the end step of his or her particular job classification, the State Personnel Board shall amend the variable compensation plan by increasing the end step of that particular job classification. The increase shall be in an amount necessary to enable all employees in that particular job classification to be eligible to receive the full salary increase to which they are entitled pursuant to this act.

SECTION 3. The Legislature shall appropriate the funds necessary to provide for the increases in compensation provided for in this act.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.