MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Appropriations; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

By: Senator(s) Polk

Senate Bill 2854

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL AND THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS; 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 the driver's license division and the sworn 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

2021-2022 Fiscal Year and Thereafter

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8        Over 12

Trooper        * * *39,14041,800

Trooper FC                    * * *42,23045,100

Corporal                                   * * *45,32048,400

Sergeant                                            * * *48,41051,700

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

Staff Sgt.      * * *51,50055,000

Sr. Staff Sgt.                * * *54,59058,300

Sgt. 1st Class                              * * *57,68058,300    * * *60,770

                                                         64,900

Rank                    Years of Experience

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

Master Sgt.   * * *54,590   * * *57,680   * * *60,770     * * *63,860    * * *66,950     * * *70,040

            58,300   61,600   64,900   68,200   71,500    74,800

Lieutenant    * * *63,860   * * *66,950   * * *70,040     * * *73,130    * * *76,220     * * *79,310

            68,200   71,500   74,800   78,100   81,400    84,700

Captain               * * *76,220   * * *79,310     * * *82,400    * * *85,490     * * *88,580

                     81,400   84,700   88,000   91,300    94,600

Major                         * * *88,580     * * *91,670    * * *94,760     * * *97,850

                             94,600   97,900  101,200   104,500

Lt. Colonel                   * * *97,850     * * *100,940    * * *104,030     * * *107,120

                            104,500  107,800  111,000   114,400

Colonel                       * * *115,360     * * *115,360    * * *115,360     * * *115,360

                            123,200   123,200  123,200   123,200

Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics

Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

2021-2022 Fiscal Year and Thereafter

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8        Over 12

LE-Agent I     * * *39,14041,800

LE-Agent II                   * * *42,23045,100

LE-Agent III                                * * *45,32048,400

LE-Agent IV                                         * * *48,41051,700

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

LE-Agent V      * * *51,50055,000

LE-Agent VI                   * * *54,59058,300

Rank                    Years of Experience

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

Lieutenant    * * *63,860   * * *66,950    * * *70,040    * * *73,130    * * *76,220     * * *79,310

            68,200   71,500   74,800   78,100   81,400    84,700

Captain               * * *76,220    * * *79,310    * * *82,400    * * *85,490     * * *88,580

                     81,400   84,700   88,000   91,300    94,600

Major                          * * *88,580    * * *91,670    * * *94,760     * * *97,850

                             94,600   97,900  101,200   104,500

Lt. Colonel                    * * *97,850    * * *100,940    * * *104,030     * * *107,120

                            104,500  107,800  111,000   114,400

Colonel                        * * *115,360    * * *115,360    * * *115,360     * * *115,360

                            123,200  123,200  123,200   123,200

     (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.  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.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2021.