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F I S C A
L I M P A
C T R E P O R T
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SPONSOR |
Griego |
DATE TYPED |
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HB |
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SHORT
TITLE |
Annual LFC Review of State Police Salaries |
SB |
6 |
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ANALYST |
Valenzuela |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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$6,590.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Senate Bill 224, which provides for a
6 percent increase for MTD officers
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act, which provides for a 5
percent increase for state police officers
SOURCES
OF INFORMATION
LFC Files: Presentation to the LFC by State
Police Chief Maldonado, Compensation Study for the Department of Public
Safety, December 5, 2003.
Responses
Received From
Department
of Public Safety
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 6 requires
the Legislative Finance Committee to study and make comparisons of the
The bill appropriates
$6.59 million from the general fund to implement findings from the State
Police-developed compensation study.
Significant Issues
The appropriation is for State Police officers.
Other law enforcement officers within DPS are not included in this increase.
The groups include: Special Investigations Division and Motor Transportation
Division officers.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$6,590.0 in general fund in SB6 would assist DPS in achieving greater parity
with in-state and out-of-state law enforcement counterparts. Attachment 1 highlights
the implementation cost for salaries for state police by rank, and totals $5.5
million. The remaining amount reflects the increase for benefits of $1.1
million. Though not included in the bill, implementation costs for other DPS
divisions are also shown on the attachment.
The graphic below
illustrates the pay difference of DPS law enforcement with surrounding states.
Each of the DPS law enforcement divisions rank in the bottom of the list. This
graphic compares minimum annual salary for patrolman only.
MFV/njw
Attachment
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Rank |
Current |
Proposed |
Proposed/Current Difference |
Avg % Incr |
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Patrolman |
14,666,700 |
18,716,184 |
4,049,484 |
27.61% |
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Sergeant |
3,976,665 |
4,786,101 |
809,436 |
20.35% |
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Lieutenant |
1,749,170 |
2,085,998 |
336,828 |
19.26% |
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Captain |
1,047,232 |
1,236,328 |
189,096 |
18.06% |
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Major |
444,486 |
518,224 |
73,738 |
16.59% |
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Chief's |
282,153 |
322,869 |
40,716 |
14.43% |
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22,166,406 |
27,665,704 |
5,499,298 |
24.81% |
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Special Investigations |
1,192,888 |
1,415,298
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222,410 |
18.64% |
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Motor Transportation Division |
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Patrolman |
2,954,917 |
3,603,459 |
648,542 |
21.95% |
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Sergeant |
830,995 |
1,096,533 |
265,538 |
31.95% |
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Lieutenant |
297,495 |
403,340 |
105,845 |
35.58% |
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Captain |
201,528 |
244,858 |
43,330 |
21.50% |
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Chief's |
138,358 |
146,936 |
8,578 |
6.20% |
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4,423,293 |
5,495,126 |
1,071,833 |
24.23% |
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