SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1733

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES KRATKY (Sponsor), JOHNSON (61), HUBBARD, VOGT, OXFORD, ROORDA, CASEY, MEADOWS, WRIGHT-JONES, JONES, ROORDA, BIVINS, PARSON, CORCORAN, WALSH, YAEGER, DARROUGH, McGHEE AND WILDBERGER (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time February 9, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

4720L.01I


 

AN ACT

To repeal section 84.160, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to police officer compensation.




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            Section A. Section 84.160, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 84.160, to read as follows: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, 2005, until June 30, 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        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] lieutenant 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] lieutenants 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, and sergeants 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, and sergeants 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] sergeant 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.