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SECTION 1. Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward 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 any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement 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

Rank Years of Experience

Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12

Trooper 54,000

Trooper FC 57,000

Corporal 60,000

Sergeant 62,750

Rank Years of Experience

Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29

Staff Sgt. 65,750

Sr. Staff Sgt. 68,750

Sgt. 1st Class 72,000 75,000

Promotional Rank Years of Experience

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

Master Sgt. 68,750 71,500 74,500 77,500 80,500 83,250

Lieutenant 78,500 81,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500

Captain 91,500 95,000 98,250 101,500 104,500

Promotional Rank

Major 111,000

Lt. Colonel 120,500

Colonel 131,750

Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics

Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

Rank Years of Experience

Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12

LE-Agent I 54,000

LE-Agent II 57,000

LE-Agent III 60,000

LE-Agent IV 62,750

Rank Years of Experience

Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29

LE-Agent V 65,750

LE-Agent VI 68,750

LE-Officer VII 72,000

LE-Officer VIII 75,000

Promotional Rank Years of Experience

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

Master Sgt. 68,750 71,500 74,500 77,500 80,500 83,250

Lieutenant 78,500 81,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500

Captain 91,750 95,000 98,250 101,250 104,500

Promotional Rank

Major 111,000

Lt. Colonel 120,500

Colonel 131,750

(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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board. 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

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)

(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.

(7) The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.