SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SALVA (Sponsor), WILDBERGER AND DEEKEN (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 25, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 105, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public employees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 105, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 105.264, to read as follows:
105.264. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Hazardous Duty Compensation Act".
2. As used in this section, "hazardous duty" means public employment involving the performance of duties in areas that pose an extreme danger beyond the normal performance of the workforce.
3. Any public employee who works in a hazardous duty designated area shall be compensated for such services on a basis of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for such employee.
4. Each state department and agency shall implement a comprehensive job study at least once every five years to ensure that state salaries are consistent with similar jobs in the private sector.
5. Areas to be designated as a hazardous duty area shall include maximum speed areas, such as interstate highways and those areas designated by the director of the department of transportation. If a state employee working in a designated hazardous duty area is injured in the course of such employee's work, such state employee shall receive compensation in addition to the workers' compensation allotment to ensure that the injured employee receives the same compensation for the duration of the employee's recovery from injury that the employee would have received if the employee had not been injured.
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