House Bill 444

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES TO COMPENSATE THEIR COUNTY PATROL OFFICERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,500.00 PER MONTH PER PATROL OFFICER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 45-7-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-7-5. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board of supervisors may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. In addition to such compensation, the board of supervisors may furnish the patrol officers means of transportation.

(2) (a) The board of supervisors of any county having a population of thirty-one thousand six hundred fifty-three (31,653) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, having a land area of nine hundred thirty-eight (938) square miles, and wherein U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any such county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month.

(b) The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Louisiana line and Mississippi River may fix the compensation of the county patrol officers at an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month per patrol officer.

(c) The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River wherein is located a national park and cemetery, wherein U.S. Highways 80 and 61 intersect, and having a population in excess of forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for any such county but in no case in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month per officer.

(d) The board of supervisors of any Class 4 county bordering on the state of Alabama wherein U.S. Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 63 intersect, having a land area of four hundred eighty-one (481) square miles, may, in its discretion, compensate each of its county patrol officers in an amount not in excess of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) per month.

(e) The board of supervisors of any county in which U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect may, in its discretion, compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month per patrol officer.

(f) The board of supervisors of any county in which the Natchez Trace Parkway and Mississippi Highway 35 intersect and which has a population according to the 1990 federal decennial census in excess of eighteen thousand four hundred (18,400), in its discretion, may compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per month per patrol officer.

(g) The board of supervisors of any county in which Interstate Highway 55 and Mississippi Highway 28 intersect and which has a land area of seven hundred seventy-nine (779) square miles, in its discretion, may compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per month per patrol officer.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.