FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 338

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions February 28, 2007 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 338 Do Pass. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f).

                  Reported from the Committee on Rules March 6, 2007 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 338 Do Pass.

                  Taken up for Perfection April 2, 2007. House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 338 ordered Perfected and printed, as amended.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

0779L.04P

AN ACT

To amend chapter 217, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to minimum pay for certain corrections employees.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 217, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 217.109, to read as follows:

            217.109. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section beginning July 1, 2008, and for each subsequent fiscal year, in addition to any other cost-of-living increases or other increases in compensation appropriated by the general assembly, the department of corrections shall authorize an annual fifty-dollar-a-month increase in compensation for each of the following classifications of corrections employees:

            (1) Corrections officer I;

            (2) Corrections officer II;

            (3) Corrections officer III;

            (4) Corrections spv I;

            (5) Corrections spv II;

            (6) Corrections classification assistant;

            (7) Corrections caseworker I;

            (8) Corrections caseworker II;

            (9) Functional unit manager;

            (10) Barber;

            (11) Building construction worker II;

            (12) Cook I;

            (13) Cook II;

            (14) Custodial worker I;

            (15) Custodial worker II;

            (16) Electronics tech;

            (17) Fire and safety specialist;

            (18) Garage supervisor;

            (19) Heavy equipment mechanic;

            (20) HVAC instrument controls tech;

            (21) Labor supervisor;

            (22) Laundry manager I;

            (23) Laundry manager II;

            (24) Laundry supervisor;

            (25) Locksmith;

            (26) Maintenance supervisor I;

            (27) Maintenance worker I;

            (28) Maintenance worker II;

            (29) Motor vehicle driver;

            (30) Motor vehicle mechanic;

            (31) Service manager I;

            (32) Storekeeper I;

            (33) Storekeeper II;

            (34) Tractor trailer driver;

            (35) Vocation enterprise supervisor;

            (36) Boiler operator;

            (37) Stationary engineer;

            (38) Power plant mechanic.

            2. Each corrections employee designated to receive increases in compensation under subsection 1 of this section shall only receive such increases in compensation for a period of ten years.

            3. Beginning January 1, 2008, the department of corrections shall conduct a salary equity study of all corrections employees. Such study shall include, but not be limited to the employee's job performance, years of service, and educational attainment.

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