MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Massey, Younger, Moran

Senate Bill 2589

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE BY $5,000.00 THE SALARIES OF ALL SWORN OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, INCLUDING SERVICE IN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE DIVISION AND THE SWORN OFFICERS OF 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

2015-2016 Fiscal Year and Thereafter

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8       Over 12

Trooper       * * *38,000 43,000

Trooper FC                    * * *41,000 46,000

Corporal                                   * * *44,000 49,000

Sergeant                                          * * *47,000 52,000

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16       Over 20      Over 24      Over 29

Staff Sgt.     * * *50,000 55,000

Sr. Staff Sgt.                * * *53,000 58,000

Sgt. 1st Class                * * *56,000 61,000  * * * 59,000 64,000

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

             58,000  61,000   64,000   67,000    70,000    73,000

Lieutenant   * * *62,000  * * *65,000  * * *68,000    * * *71,000    * * *74,000     * * *77,000

             67,000  70,000   73,000   76,000    79,000    82,000

Captain              * * *74,000    * * *  77,000  * * *80,000  * * *83,000     * * *86,000

                     79,000   82,000   85,000    88,000    91,000

Major                        * * *86,000    * * * 89,000   * * *92,000     * * *95,000

                              91,000   94,000    97,000   100,000

Lt. Colonel                  * * *95,000    * * * 98,000     * * * 101,000    * * *104,000

                             100,000  103,000   106,000   109,000

Colonel                      * * *112,000    * * * 112,000    * * *112,000     * * *112,000

                             117,000  117,000   117,000   117,000

Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics

Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

2015-2016 Fiscal Year and Thereafter

Rank                    Years of Experience

             Less than 4     Over 4       Over 8       Over 12

LE-Agent I    * * *38,000 43,000

LE-Agent II                   * * *41,000 46,000

LE-Agent III                               * * *44,000 49,000

LE-Agent IV                                       * * *47,000 52,000

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16       Over 20      Over 24      Over 29

LE-Agent V     * * *50,000 55,000

LE-Agent VI                   * * *53,000 58,000

Rank                    Years of Experience

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

Lieutenant     * * *62,000   * * *65,000  * * *68,000    * * *71,000    * * *74,000     * * *77,000

             67,000  70,000   73,000   76,000    79,000    82,000

Captain              * * *74,000  * * *77,000    * * *80,000    * * *   83,000  * * *86,000

                      79,000  82,000   85,000    88,000    91,000

Major                         * * *86,000    * * *89,000    * * *92,000     * * * 95,000

                              91,000   94,000    97,000   100,000

Lt. Colonel                   * * *95,000    * * *98,000    * * *101,000     * * *104,000

                             100,000  103,000   106,000   109,000

Colonel                       * * *112,000    * * *112,000    * * *112,000     * * *112,000

                             117,000  117,000   117,000   117,000

     (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, 2018.