MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Carpenter, Arnold, Barton, Bell, Boyd, Monsour, Rushing, Staples, Taylor, Weathersby, Willis, Steverson, Bain
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SALARY SCHEDULE FOR SWORN OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND FISCAL YEARS THEREAFTER; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR EXPERIENCE INCREASES; TO PROVIDE FOR ADJUSTMENT IN THE SALARY SCALE IN ANY YEAR THAT THE LEGISLATURE ENACTS ACROSS-THE-BOARD SALARY INCREASES FOR STATE GENERAL FUND AGENCY EMPLOYEES; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO USE APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO COMPENSATE ELIGIBLE SWORN OFFICERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (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, 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 -
2015-2016 Fiscal Year and Thereafter
Rank Years of Experience
Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12
Trooper 38,000
Trooper FC 41,000
Corporal 44,000
Sergeant 47,000
Rank Years of Experience
Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29
Staff Sgt. 50,000
Sr. Staff Sgt. 53,000
Sgt. 1st Class 56,000 59,000
Rank Years of Experience
Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29
Master Sgt. 53,000 56,000 59,000 62,000 65,000 68,000
Lieutenant 62,000 65,000 68,000 71,000 74,000 77,000
Captain 74,000 77,000 80,000 83,000 86,000
Major 86,000 89,000 92,000 95,000
Lt. Colonel 95,000 98,000 101,000 104,000
Colonel 112,000 112,000 112,000 112,000
(2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol 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:
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
(i) Captain DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)
(j) Major DPS-Bureau Director II
(k) Lt. Colonel DPS-Deputy Administrator
(l) Colonel/Chief of
Patrol Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol
(4) 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.
(5) 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 Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the department 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, 2015, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2015.