SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEMBKE.
Read 1st time February 10, 2004, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 84.160, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to maximum amounts of compensation for police officers.
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Section A. Section 84.160, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 84.160, to read as follows: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, [2002] 2004, until June 30, [2003] 2005: SALARY MATRIX-POLICE OFFICER THROUGH CHIEF OF POLICE-FISCAL YEARAsst.
P.O. Sgt. Lieut. Capt Maj. Lt. Col. Chief Chief
Yrs. Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary
[0 32981
1 34182
2 35293
3 37356
4 38377
5 39703 48095
6 41029 48241
7 43573 51200 56276
8 45398 53329 58605
9 47288 55528 61011 66443
10 47457 55695 61178 66611
11 47985 55863 61344 66779 73020
12 48161 56029 61513 66946 73188 75129 79038 93704
13 48327 56197 61680 67114 73353 77673 81582 94037
14 48493 56365 61847 67280 73521 77839 81749 94371
15 48662 56531 62014 67447 73688 78008 81918 94705
16 48828 56698 62180 67614 73856 78174 82083 95040
17 48997 56866 62349 67782 74024 78343 82252 95374
18 49163 57033 62516 68019 74189 78508 82418 95707
19 49329 57200 62684 68116 74357 78675 82584 96043
20 49497 57367 62850 68283 74525 78843 82754 96378
21 49664 57533 63017 68450 74692 79010 82919 96711
22 49831 57702 63185 68617 74858 79179 83087 97045
23 49999 57869 63352 68785 75025 79344 83254 97380
24 50165 58035 63520 68952 75192 79514 83421 97712
25 50333 58203 63686 69120 75361 79679 83590 98048
26 50500 58369 63853 69287 75528 79846 83755 98383
27 50669 58538 64021 69453 75694 80015 83923 98718
28 50835 58705 64188 69621 75860 80180 84088 99052
29 51001 58871 64353 69788 76029 80349 84257 99384
30 51168 59039 64522 69953 76196 80514 84426 99720]
0 34481
1 35682
2 36793
3 38856
4 39877
5 41203 49595
6 42529 49741
7 45073 52700 57776
8 46898 54829 60105
9 48788 57028 62511 67943
10 48957 57159 62678 68111
11 49485 57363 62844 68279 74520
12 49661 57529 63013 68446 74688 76629 80538 95204
13 49827 57697 63180 68614 74853 79173 83082 95537
14 49993 57865 63347 68780 75021 79339 83249 95871
15 50162 58031 63514 68947 75188 79508 83418 96205
16 50328 58198 63680 69114 75356 79674 83583 96540
17 50497 58366 63849 69282 75524 79843 83752 96874
18 50663 58533 64016 69519 75689 80008 83918 97207
19 50829 58700 64184 69616 75857 80175 84084 97543
20 50997 58867 64350 69783 76025 80343 84254 97878
21 51164 59033 64517 69950 76192 80510 84419 98211
22 51331 59202 64685 70117 76358 80679 84587 98545
23 51499 59369 64852 70285 76525 80844 84754 98880
24 51665 59535 65020 70452 76692 81014 84921 99212
25 51833 59703 65186 70620 76861 81179 85090 99548
26 52000 59869 65353 70787 77028 81346 85255 99883
27 52169 60038 65521 70953 77194 81515 85423 100218
28 52335 60205 65688 71121 77360 81680 85588 100552
29 52501 60371 65853 71288 77529 81849 85757 100884
30 52668 60539 66022 71453 77696 82014 85926 101220
3. 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.
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 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 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 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.