The commissioner of public safety, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint such deputies, inspectors, officers, clerical workers and other employees as may be required to properly discharge the duties of this department.
The commissioner may delegate to the peace officers of the department such additional duties in the enforcement of this chapter as the commissioner may deem proper and incidental to the duties now imposed upon them by law.
The salaries of all members and employees of the department and the expenses of the department shall be provided for by the legislative appropriation therefor. The compensation of peace officers of the department shall be fixed according to grades as to rank and length of service by the commissioner with the approval of the governor. The peace officers shall be paid additional compensation in accordance with the following formula: When peace officers have served for a period of five years, their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described five-year period; when peace officers have served for a period of ten years, their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described ten-year period, such sums being in addition to the increase provided herein to be paid after five years of service; when peace officers have served for a period of fifteen years, their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described fifteen-year period, such sums being in addition to the increases previously provided for herein; when peace officers have served for a period of twenty years, their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described twenty-year period, such sums being in addition to the increases previously provided for herein. While on active duty, each peace officer shall also receive a flat daily sum as fixed by the commissioner with the approval of the governor for meals.
A collective bargaining agreement entered into between the state and a state employee organization under chapter 20 made final after July 1, 1977, shall not include any pay adjustment to longevity pay authorized under this section.
Peace officer members of the department excluded from the provisions of chapter 20 who are injured in the line of duty shall receive paid time off in the same manner as provided to peace officer members of the department covered by a collective bargaining agreement entered into between the state and the employee organization representing such covered peace officer members under chapter 20.
[C27, 31, § 5017-a1; C35, § 5018-g9; C39, § 1225.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 80.8]
98 Acts, ch 1074, § 5; 2001 Acts, ch 10, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 190, §18
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