FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 573
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DOUGHERTY.
Read 1st time February 27, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
2081L.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 84.160, RSMo 2000, relating to compensation and employment benefits of police officers in certain cities, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 84.160, RSMo 2000, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 84.160, to read as follows: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, 2000, to June 30, 2001:
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 30564
1 31730
2 32809
3 34812
4 35803
5 37090 45238
6 38377 45380
7 40847 48252 53180
8 42620 50320 55442
9 43608 51455 56677 61851
10 43768 51615 56837 62011
11 44272 51773 56995 62171 68115
12 44439 51932 57156 62329 68274 70122 73845 87813
13 44597 52093 57314 62490 68432 72547 76269 88131
14 44756 52252 57474 62647 68591 72704 76427 88449
15 44916 52411 57632 62807 68751 72865 76588 88767
16 45074 52569 57791 62965 68910 73023 76746 89085
17 45235 52730 57952 63126 69070 73183 76906 89404
18 45394 52889 58110 63352 69228 73341 77065 89721
19 45552 53048 58271 63444 69388 73500 77223 90042
20 45711 53207 58428 63603 69547 73661 77384 90359
21 45870 53364 58588 63761 69707 73819 77541 90677
22 46030 53526 58748 63922 69865 73980 77702 90995
23 46190 53684 58907 64080 70023 74137 77861 91314
24 46348 53844 59067 64240 70183 74298 78020 91631
25 46508 54003 59224 64400 70343 74457 78180 91951
26 46666 54161 59384 64559 70503 74615 78338 92270
27 46828 54322 59543 64718 70661 74776 78498 92589
28 46985 54481 59703 64876 70819 74933 78657 92906
29 47144 54640 59861 65036 70980 75095 78816 93223
30 47304 54798 60021 65193 71139 75252 78977 93542
3. From July 1, 2001, until June 30, 2002:
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 31481
1 32682
2 33793
3 35856
4 36877
5 38203 46595
6 39529 46741
7 42073 49700 54776
8 43898 51829 57105
9 45788 54028 59511 64943
10 45957 54195 59678 65111
11 46485 54363 59844 65279 71520
12 46661 54529 60013 65446 71688 73629 77538 92204
13 46827 54697 60180 65614 71853 76173 80082 92537
14 46993 54865 60347 65780 72021 76339 80249 92871
15 47162 55031 60514 65947 72188 76508 80418 93205
16 47328 55198 60680 66114 72356 76674 80583 93540
17 47497 55366 60849 66282 72524 76843 80752 93874
18 47663 55533 61016 66519 72689 77008 80918 94207
19 47829 55700 61184 66616 72857 77175 81084 94543
20 47997 55867 61350 66783 73025 77343 81254 94878
21 48164 56033 61517 66950 73192 77510 81419 95211
22 48331 56202 61685 67117 73358 77679 81587 95545
23 48499 56369 61852 67285 73525 77844 81754 95880
24 48665 56535 62020 67452 73692 78014 81921 96212
25 48833 56703 62186 67620 73861 78179 82090 96548
26 49000 56869 62353 67787 74028 78346 82255 96883
27 49169 57038 62521 67953 74194 78515 82423 97218
28 49335 57205 62688 68121 74360 78680 82588 97552
29 49501 57371 62853 68288 74529 78849 82757 97884
30 49668 57539 63022 68453 74696 79014 82926 98220
4. Each of the above-mentioned salaries shall be payable in biweekly installments. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 extra training 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.
10. 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. For the spouses or dependents of deceased retirees, officers and employees of the police department who receive pension benefits pursuant to the laws of this state, health, medical and life insurance coverage shall be made available for purchase 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. For each fiscal year between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2002, the board of police commissioners may provide a salary increase for commissioned employees of years 0-8 in an amount in excess of the maximum amounts set out in the tables in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, provided that the amount actually paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed three percent of the amount set out for the appropriate category in such tables.
14. For each fiscal year between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2002, the board of police commissioners may provide a salary increase for commissioned employees of years 9-30 in an amount in excess of the maximum amounts set out in the tables in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, provided that the amount actually paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed one percent of the amount set out for the appropriate category in such tables.
15. The board of police commissioners shall pay additional compensation or, in lieu of compensation, shall grant compensatory leave time to police officers of the rank of lieutenant and below who are required to work on a special event scheduled to last more than one calendar day. In such a case, additional compensation or compensatory leave shall accrue at the rate of one-half hour earned per one hour worked, or the pro rata equivalent thereof. Compensatory leave time may be taken in accordance with the policies of the police department.