First Substitute H.B. 23

Representative Gary F. Cox proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2 COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Gary F. Cox
6 AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS AND STATE GOVERNMENT; APPROPRIATING
7 $10,000,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO
8 BE USED TOWARD ACHIEVING PARITY OF SALARIES FOR STATE CORRECTIONAL
9 OFFICERS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Appropriation.
13 (1) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated
14 from the General Fund to the Department of Corrections $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999-2000.
15 This appropriation shall be applied by the department solely to the remediation of salary disparity
16 between state correctional officers, as described in Subsection (2), and correctional officers
17 employed by counties of the state.
18 (2) As used in this section, "state correctional officer" means a correctional officer, adult
19 probation and parole officer, or corrections investigator who is:
20 (a) employed by the Department of Corrections; and
21 (b) certified as a peace officer under Title 53, Chapter 6, Part 2, Peace Officer Training and
22 Certification.
23 Section 2. Effective date.
24 This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.

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