FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Local Government March 3, 2005 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 448 Do Pass by Consent. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f). STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 84.160, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to pay for police officers, with an emergency clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 84.160, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 84.160, to read as follows:
84.160. 1. Based upon rank and length of service, the board of police commissioners may authorize maximum amounts of compensation for members of the police force in accordance with the following tables. The amounts of compensation set out in the following tables shall be the maximum amount of compensation payable to commissioned employees in each of the categories, except as expressly provided in this section.
2. From July 1, [2002] 2005, until June 30, [2003] 2006:
SALARY MATRIX-POLICE OFFICER THROUGH CHIEF OF POLICE-FISCAL YEAR
Asst.
P.O. Sgt. Lieut. Capt. Maj. Lt. Col. Chief Chief
Yrs. Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary
[0 32981
1 34182
2 35293
3 37356
4 38377
5 39703 48095
6 41029 48241
7 43573 51200 56276
8 45398 53329 58605
9 47288 55528 61011 66443
10 47457 55695 61178 66611
11 47985 55863 61344 66779 73020
12 48161 56029 61513 66946 73188 75129 79038 93704
13 48327 56197 61680 67114 73353 77673 81582 94037
14 48493 56365 61847 67280 73521 77839 81749 94371
15 48662 56531 62014 67447 73688 78008 81918 94705
16 48828 56698 62180 67614 73856 78174 82083 95040
17 48997 56866 62349 67782 74024 78343 82252 95374
18 49163 57033 62516 68019 74189 78508 82418 95707
19 49329 57200 62684 68116 74357 78675 82584 96043
20 49497 57367 62850 68283 74525 78843 82754 96378
21 49664 57533 63017 68450 74692 79010 82919 96711
22 49831 57702 63185 68617 74858 79179 83087 97045
23 49999 57869 63352 68785 75025 79344 83254 97380
24 50165 58035 63520 68952 75192 79514 83421 97712
25 50333 58203 63686 69120 75361 79679 83590 98048
26 50500 58369 63853 69287 75528 79846 83755 98383
27 50669 58538 64021 69453 75694 80015 83923 98718
28 50835 58705 64188 69621 75860 80180 84088 99052
29 51001 58871 64353 69788 76029 80349 84257 99384
30 51168 59039 64522 69953 76196 80514 84426 99720]
0 34331
1 35532
2 36643
3 38706
4 39727
5 41053 49445
6 42379 49591
7 44923 52550 57626
8 46748 54679 59955
9 48638 56878 62361 67793
10 48807 57045 62528 67961
11 49335 57213 62694 68129 74370
12 49511 57379 62863 68296 74538 76479 80388 95054
13 49677 57547 63030 68464 74703 79023 82932 95387
14 49843 57715 63197 68630 74871 79189 83099 95721
15 50012 57881 63364 68797 75038 79358 83268 96055
16 50178 58048 63530 68964 75206 79524 83433 96390
17 50347 58216 63699 69132 75374 79693 83602 96724
18 50513 58383 63866 69369 75539 79858 83768 97057
19 50679 58550 64034 69466 75707 80025 83934 97393
20 50847 58717 64200 69633 75875 80193 84104 97728
21 51014 58883 64367 69800 76042 80360 84269 98061
22 51181 59052 64535 69967 76208 80529 84437 98395
23 51349 59219 64702 70135 76375 80694 84604 98730
24 51515 59385 64870 70302 76542 80864 84771 99062
25 51683 59553 65036 70470 76711 81029 84940 99398
26 51850 59719 65203 70637 76878 81196 85105 99733
27 52019 59888 65371 70803 77044 81365 85273 100068
28 52185 60055 65538 70971 77210 81530 85438 100402
29 52351 60221 65703 71138 77379 81699 85607 100734
30 52518 60389 65872 71303 77546 81864 85776 101070
3. Each of the above-mentioned salaries shall be payable in biweekly installments. The above-mentioned salaries assume twenty-six biweekly installments falling within the effective dates of the salary matrix. If twenty-seven biweekly installments fall within the effective dates of the salary matrix it is assumed that the salaries within the matrix will be adjusted upward accordingly to reflect the effect of an extra pay period falling within the effective dates of the salary matrix. Any increase in salaries within the matrix due to twenty-seven biweekly installments falling within the effective dates of the matrix will not continue into a period in which only twenty-six biweekly installments are paid. Each officer of police and patrolman whose regular assignment requires nonuniformed attire may receive, in addition to his or her salary, an allowance not to exceed three hundred sixty dollars per annum payable biweekly. No additional compensation or compensatory time off for overtime, court time, or standby court time shall be paid or allowed to any officer of the rank of sergeant or above. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall prohibit the payment of additional compensation pursuant to this subsection to officers of the ranks of sergeants and above, provided that funding for such compensation shall not:
(1) Be paid from the general funds of either the city or the board of police commissioners of the city; or
(2) Be violative of any federal law or other state law.
4. It is the duty of the municipal assembly or common council of the cities to make the necessary appropriation for the expenses of the maintenance of the police force in the manner herein and hereafter provided; provided, that in no event shall such municipal assembly or common council be required to appropriate for such purposes (including, but not limited to, costs of funding pensions or retirement plans) for any fiscal year a sum in excess of any limitation imposed by article X, section 21, Missouri Constitution; and provided further, that such municipal assembly or common council may appropriate a sum in excess of such limitation for any fiscal year by an appropriations ordinance enacted in conformity with the provisions of the charter of such cities.
5. The board of police commissioners shall pay additional compensation for all hours of service rendered by probationary patrolmen and patrolmen in excess of the established regular working period, and the rate of compensation shall be one and one-half times the regular hourly rate of pay to which each member shall normally be entitled; except that, the court time and court standby time shall be paid at the regular hourly rate of pay to which each member shall normally be entitled. No credit shall be given or deductions made from payments for overtime for the purpose of retirement benefits.
6. Probationary patrolmen and patrolmen shall receive additional compensation for authorized overtime, court time and court standby time whenever the total accumulated time exceeds forty hours. The accumulated forty hours shall be taken as compensatory time off at the officer's discretion with the approval of his supervisor.
7. The allowance of compensation or compensatory time off for court standby time shall be computed at the rate of one-third of one hour for each hour spent on court standby time.
8. The board of police commissioners may effect programs to provide additional compensation to its employees for successful completion of academic work at an accredited college or university, in amounts not to exceed ten percent of their yearly salaries or for field training officer and lead officer responsibilities in amounts not to exceed three percent of their yearly salaries for field training officer responsibilities and an additional three percent of their yearly salaries for lead officer responsibilities. The board may designate up to one hundred fifty employees as field training officers and up to fifty employees as lead officers.
9. The board of police commissioners:
(1) Shall provide or contract for life insurance coverage and for insurance benefits providing health, medical and disability coverage for officers and employees of the department;
(2) Shall provide or contract for insurance coverage providing salary continuation coverage for officers and employees of the police department;
(3) Shall provide health, medical, and life insurance coverage for retired officers and employees of the police department. Health, medical and life insurance coverage shall be made available for purchase to the spouses or dependents of deceased retired officers and employees of the police department who receive pension benefits pursuant to sections 86.200 to 86.364, RSMo, at the rate that such dependent's or spouse's coverage would cost under the appropriate plan if the deceased were living;
(4) May pay an additional shift differential compensation to members of the police force for evening and night tour of duty in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the officer's base hourly rate.
10. The board of police commissioners shall pay additional compensation to members of the police force up to and including the rank of police officer for any full hour worked between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., in amounts equal to five percent of the officer's base hourly pay.
11. The board of police commissioners, from time to time and in its discretion, may pay additional compensation to police officers, sergeants and lieutenants by paying commissioned officers in the aforesaid ranks for accumulated, unused vacation time. Any such payments shall be made in increments of not less than forty hours, and at rates equivalent to the base straight-time rates being earned by said officers at the time of payment; except that, no such officer shall be required to accept payment for accumulated unused vacation time.
Section B. Because immediate action is necessary to increase the pay level for police officers to retain quality police officers the repeal and reenactment of section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace, and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and the repeal and reenactment of section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.