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11 MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Appropriations C; Appropriations A By: Representatives Carpenter, Scoggin House Bill 1264 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 45-1-12. (1) The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection: Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule Rank Years of Experience Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 Trooper * * *54,00060,000 Trooper FC * * *57,00063,000 Corporal * * *60,00066,000 Sergeant * * *62,75068,750 Rank Years of Experience Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 Staff Sgt. * * *65,75071,750 Sr. Staff Sgt. * * *68,75074,750 Sgt. 1st Class * * *72,00078,000 * * *75,00081,000 Promotional Rank Years of Experience Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29 Master Sgt. * * *68,750 * * *71,500 * * *74,500 * * *77,500 * * *80,500 * * *83,250 74,750 77,500 80,500 83,500 86,500 89,250 Lieutenant * * *78,500 * * *81,500 * * *84,500 * * *87,500 * * *90,500 * * *93,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 96,500 99,500 Captain * * *91,500 * * *95,000 * * *98,250 * * *101,500 * * *104,500 97,500 101,000 104,250 107,500 110,500 Promotional Rank Major * * *111,000117,000 Lt. Colonel * * *120,500126,500 Colonel * * *131,750137,750 Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics Sworn Officers Salary Schedule Rank Years of Experience Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 LE-Agent I * * *54,00060,000 LE-Agent II * * *57,00063,000 LE-Agent III * * *60,00066,000 LE-Agent IV * * *62,75068,750 Rank Years of Experience Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 LE-Agent V * * *65,75071,750 LE-Agent VI * * *68,75074,750 LE-Officer VII * * *72,00078,000 LE-Officer VIII * * *75,00081,000 Promotional Rank Years of Experience Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29 Master Sgt. * * *68,750 * * *71,500 * * *74,500 * * *77,500 * * *80,500 * * *83,250 74,750 77,500 80,500 83,500 86,500 89,250 Lieutenant * * *78,500 * * *81,500 * * *84,500 * * *87,500 * * *90,500 * * *93,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 96,500 99,500 Captain * * *91,750 * * *95,000 * * *98,250 * * *101,250 * * *104,500 97,750 101,000 104,250 107,250 110,500 Promotional Rank Major * * *111,000117,000 Lt. Colonel * * *120,500126,500 Colonel * * *131,750137,750 (2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board. 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. (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 Mississippi Highway Patrol: Rank Job Classes (a) Trooper DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I LE-Investigator II (b) Trooper First Class DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II LE-Investigator III (c) Corporal DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III LE-Investigator IV (d) Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV LE-Investigator V (e) Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V (f) Senior Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI Tech Spec (g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C DPS-Assistant Inspector DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII DPS-Investigator I DPS-Supv. Driver Serv. (h) Lieutenant DPS-Air Operations Officer DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence DPS-Dist. Executive Officer DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv. DPS-Branch Director LE-Dir/Training LE-Dist. Investigator (i) Captain DPS-Staff Officer (MHP) (j) Major DPS-Bureau Director II (k) Lt. Colonel DPS-Deputy Administrator; DPS-Chief of Staff (l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol (4) 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 Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics: Rank Job Classes (a) Agents LE-Agent I LE-Agent II LE-Agent III LE-Agent IV LE-Agent V LE-Agent VI (b) Lieutenant BN-District Investigator (LT) (c) Captain BN-District Commander (d) Major BN-Bureau Director II Office Director I (e) Lt. Colonel BN-Deputy Administrator (f) Colonel Director, Bureau of Narcotics (5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, 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 Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety 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. (7) The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section, provided that any year a salary increased in authorized by the Legislature, the salaries for the officers compensated in the subsection shall be commensurate to the amount of the salary increase contained in this section. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
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33 MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
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55 2025 Regular Session
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77 To: Appropriations C; Appropriations A
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99 By: Representatives Carpenter, Scoggin
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1111 # House Bill 1264
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1313 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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1515 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
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1717 45-1-12. (1) The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:
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1919 Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
2020
2121 Rank Years of Experience
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2323 Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12
2424
2525 Trooper * * *54,00060,000
2626
2727 Trooper FC * * *57,00063,000
2828
2929 Corporal * * *60,00066,000
3030
3131 Sergeant * * *62,75068,750
3232
3333 Rank Years of Experience
3434
3535 Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29
3636
3737 Staff Sgt. * * *65,75071,750
3838
3939 Sr. Staff Sgt. * * *68,75074,750
4040
4141 Sgt. 1st Class * * *72,00078,000 * * *75,00081,000
4242
4343 Promotional Rank Years of Experience
4444
4545 Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29
4646
4747 Master Sgt. * * *68,750 * * *71,500 * * *74,500 * * *77,500 * * *80,500 * * *83,250
4848
4949 74,750 77,500 80,500 83,500 86,500 89,250
5050
5151 Lieutenant * * *78,500 * * *81,500 * * *84,500 * * *87,500 * * *90,500 * * *93,500
5252
5353 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 96,500 99,500
5454
5555 Captain * * *91,500 * * *95,000 * * *98,250 * * *101,500 * * *104,500
5656
5757 97,500 101,000 104,250 107,500 110,500
5858
5959 Promotional Rank
6060
6161 Major * * *111,000117,000
6262
6363 Lt. Colonel * * *120,500126,500
6464
6565 Colonel * * *131,750137,750
6666
6767 Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics
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6969 Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
7070
7171 Rank Years of Experience
7272
7373 Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12
7474
7575 LE-Agent I * * *54,00060,000
7676
7777 LE-Agent II * * *57,00063,000
7878
7979 LE-Agent III * * *60,00066,000
8080
8181 LE-Agent IV * * *62,75068,750
8282
8383 Rank Years of Experience
8484
8585 Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29
8686
8787 LE-Agent V * * *65,75071,750
8888
8989 LE-Agent VI * * *68,75074,750
9090
9191 LE-Officer VII * * *72,00078,000
9292
9393 LE-Officer VIII * * *75,00081,000
9494
9595 Promotional Rank Years of Experience
9696
9797 Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29
9898
9999 Master Sgt. * * *68,750 * * *71,500 * * *74,500 * * *77,500 * * *80,500 * * *83,250
100100
101101 74,750 77,500 80,500 83,500 86,500 89,250
102102
103103 Lieutenant * * *78,500 * * *81,500 * * *84,500 * * *87,500 * * *90,500 * * *93,500
104104
105105 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 96,500 99,500
106106
107107 Captain * * *91,750 * * *95,000 * * *98,250 * * *101,250 * * *104,500
108108
109109 97,750 101,000 104,250 107,250 110,500
110110
111111 Promotional Rank
112112
113113 Major * * *111,000117,000
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115115 Lt. Colonel * * *120,500126,500
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117117 Colonel * * *131,750137,750
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119119 (2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board. 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.
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121121 (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 Mississippi Highway Patrol:
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123123 Rank Job Classes
124124
125125 (a) Trooper DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I
126126
127127 LE-Investigator II
128128
129129 (b) Trooper First Class DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II
130130
131131 LE-Investigator III
132132
133133 (c) Corporal DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III
134134
135135 LE-Investigator IV
136136
137137 (d) Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV
138138
139139 LE-Investigator V
140140
141141 (e) Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V
142142
143143 (f) Senior Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI
144144
145145 Tech Spec
146146
147147 (g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C DPS-Assistant Inspector
148148
149149 DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII
150150
151151 DPS-Investigator I
152152
153153 DPS-Supv. Driver Serv.
154154
155155 (h) Lieutenant DPS-Air Operations Officer
156156
157157 DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence
158158
159159 DPS-Dist. Executive Officer
160160
161161 DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv.
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163163 DPS-Branch Director
164164
165165 LE-Dir/Training
166166
167167 LE-Dist. Investigator
168168
169169 (i) Captain DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)
170170
171171 (j) Major DPS-Bureau Director II
172172
173173 (k) Lt. Colonel DPS-Deputy Administrator;
174174
175175 DPS-Chief of Staff
176176
177177 (l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol
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179179 (4) 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 Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics:
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181181 Rank Job Classes
182182
183183 (a) Agents LE-Agent I
184184
185185 LE-Agent II
186186
187187 LE-Agent III
188188
189189 LE-Agent IV
190190
191191 LE-Agent V
192192
193193 LE-Agent VI
194194
195195 (b) Lieutenant BN-District Investigator (LT)
196196
197197 (c) Captain BN-District Commander
198198
199199 (d) Major BN-Bureau Director II
200200
201201 Office Director I
202202
203203 (e) Lt. Colonel BN-Deputy Administrator
204204
205205 (f) Colonel Director, Bureau of Narcotics
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207207 (5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, 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.
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209209 (6) It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety 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.
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211211 (7) The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section, provided that any year a salary increased in authorized by the Legislature, the salaries for the officers compensated in the subsection shall be commensurate to the amount of the salary increase contained in this section.
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213213 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.