MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B; Appropriations

By: Representative Massengill

House Bill 16

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE 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        * * *39,14049,140

Trooper FC                    * * *42,23052,230

Corporal                                   * * *45,32055,320

Sergeant                                            * * *48,41058,410

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

Staff Sgt.      * * *51,50061,500

Sr. Staff Sgt.                * * *54,59064,590

Sgt. 1st Class                              * * *57,68067,680    * * *60,770

                                                           70,770

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

             64,590   67,680   70,770   73,860   76,950    80,040

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

             73,860   76,950   80,040   83,130   86,220    89,310

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

                     86,220   89,310   92,400   95,490    98,580

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

                              98,580   101,670   104,760  107,850

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

                             107,850   110,940  114,030   117,120

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

115,360

                              125,360  125,360  125,360   125,360

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     * * *49,14039,140

LE-Agent II                   * * *52,23042,230

LE-Agent III                                * * *55,32045,320

LE-Agent IV                                         * * *58,41048,410

Rank                    Years of Experience

              Over 16        Over 20       Over 24       Over 29

LE-Agent V      * * *61,50051,500

LE-Agent VI                   * * *64,59054,590

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

             73,860   76,950   80,040   83,130   86,220   89,310

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

             86,220   89,310   92,400   95,490   98,580

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

             98,580  101,670  104,760  107,850

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

                     107,850  110,940  114,030  117,120

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

                              125,360  125,360  125,360   125,360

     (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.