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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2248 By: Hilbert
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to salary increases; providing salary
increase for employees in certain positions for
certain agencies; establishing amo unt of increase;
establishing qualification criteria; prohibiting
salary increase under certain conditions; authorizing
salary increase to exceed remuneration studies;
authorizing salary increase to exceed pay band
structure; requiring proration of salary increase
under certain conditions; providing an effective date
and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10100 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Effective July 1, 2021, all personnel whose employment meets
the conditions established in subsection B of this section shall be
awarded an annualized salary increase of One Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($1,500.00).
B. The salary increase provided in subsection A of this section
shall only be applicable to personnel :
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1. Described as follows:
a. all commissioned law enforcement officers of the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of
Public Safety who have obtained certification from the
Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, and
all cadets of a Patrol Academy of the Department of
Public Safety,
b. law enforcement officers and criminalists of the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
c. law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma State Bureau
of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control designated to
perform duties in the investigation and prevention of
crime and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
state,
d. law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission designated to
perform duties in the investigation and prevention of
crime and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
state,
e. employees of the Communications Section of the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol Division, radio technicians, and tower
technicians of the Department of Public Safety ,
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f. park rangers of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department and any park manager or park supervisor of
the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, and
g. inspectors of the Board of Pharmacy; and
2. Having been employed by the employee 's current employing
agency on the last working day of June 2020.
C. No salary increase pursuant to this section shall be made
that exceeds a salary limitation provided in an agency 's annual
appropriation bill or salary limits set by statute , provided that
salary increases authorized pursuant to this section shall not be
limited by the findings of remunerati on studies required by statute .
Classified employees eligible for the salary increase provided for
in this section shall receive such increase even though it causes
the employee's salary to exceed the maximum for the employee 's pay
band.
D. With respect to any employee who is not a full -time
employee, the salary increase amount otherwise authorized by
subsection A of this section shall be prorated using a methodology
applicable to the employee 's compensation, weeks worked, months
worked, hours worked or s imilar method.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by rea son whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-1-5591 JM 01/13/21