SB288 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Public Safety Department and State Personnel Department, establish a new classification, Trooper First Class, recover cost of training

Summary

SB288 would create a Trooper First Class classification for state troopers after three years on the job, set a corresponding pay grade, and allow the state to recoup training costs if the officer leaves early or is re-hired by another agency within three years.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Alabama State Personnel Department must establish a Trooper First Class classification for troopers with three or more years of service and assign them to pay grade 7576. It also allows the State of Alabama to recover the actual costs of training a law enforcement officer if they do not stay in full-time state employment for three years, and those costs can be recovered from any other agency or entity that hires the officer within three years. The act would take effect on the first day of the third month after its passage and governor's approval.

Who It Affects

• State troopers who have three or more years of service will be classified as Trooper First Class and paid according to the specified pay grade.
• The State of Alabama (and other hiring agencies) would bear or recover the cost of training officers who leave state employment within three years or who are hired by another agency within three years.

Key Provisions

• Establish Trooper First Class as a new classification for troopers with three years or more of service and pay them according to pay grade 7576.
• Authorize recovery of actual training costs if the officer does not remain employed full-time by the state for three years, and allow recovery from any other agency that hires the officer within three years.
• Effective date: the first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Public Safety Department