Bill Text: MS HB1328 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Bill 1328 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; enact salary scale for sworn officers and provide for experience increases.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee [HB1328 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1328-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Bounds

House Bill 1328

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SALARY SCHEDULE FOR SWORN OFFICERS OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 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 REVENUE TO USE ANY 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 Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized law enforcement training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:

Alcoholic Beverage Control Division Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

2017-2018 Fiscal Year and Thereafter

Rank Years of Experience

Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12

Agent I 37,000

Agent II 40,000

Agent III 43,000

Agent IV 46,000

Rank Years of Experience

Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 28

Agent V 49,000

Agent VI 52,000

Agent VII 55,000 58,000

Rank Years of Experience

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

Agent in

Charge 61,000 64,000 67,000 70,000 73,000 76,000

Deputy Chief 76,000 79,000 82,000 85,000 88,000

Chief 88,000 91,000 94,000 97,000 99,000

(2) All sworn officers in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue 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. Any law enforcement officer or other person who transfers his or her employment to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue shall be required to have the same level of training and education required of officers employed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue in 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 Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue:

Rank Job Classes

(a) Agent I ABC-Enforcement Agent I

(b) Agent II ABC-Enforcement Agent II

(d) Agent IV ABC-Enforcement Agent IV

(e) Agent V ABC-Enforcement Agent V

(f) Agent VI ABC-Enforcement Agent VI

(g) Agent VII ABC-Enforcement Agent VII

(h) Agent in Charge ABC-Agent in Charge (i) Deputy Chief ABC-Deputy Chief of Enforcement

(j) Chief ABC-Chief of Enforcement

(4) The State Personnel Board shall create and/or alter existing job classes to match the job classes and above scale stated in this section. In the case of the ABC-Deputy Chief and ABC-Chief, these job classes shall be created by revising one (1) PIN currently assigned to the Department of Revenue as DOR-Bureau Director and one (1) PIN currently assigned to the Department of Revenue as DOR-Office Director, respectively.

(5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2019, 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 Revenue 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 Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Mississippi Department of Revenue 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, 2017.