H.B. 60

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COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
2 DISPATCHERS
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: DeMar Bud Bowman
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING
7 MARKET GUIDELINES IN DETERMINING PAY PLANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
8 DISPATCHERS; APPROPRIATING $125,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, FOR FISCAL
9 YEAR 1998-99, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR COMPENSATION
10 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH PERSONNEL; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11 DATE.
12 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
13 AMENDS:
14 67-19-12.3, as last amended by Chapter 213, Laws of Utah 1997
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
16 Section 1. Section 67-19-12.3 is amended to read:
17 67-19-12.3. Peace officer, correctional officer, and public safety dispatch personnel
18 pay plans.
19 The pay plans for peace officers, as defined under Section 77-1a-1, [and] correctional
20 officers, as defined under Section 77-1a-2, and public safety dispatchers, as defined under Section
21 53-6-102 employed by the state shall comply with Section 67-19-12, except that:
22 (1) the market comparability of state salary ranges for peace officers [and], correctional
23 officers, and public safety dispatchers shall be based on a [total compensation] survey of salary
24 ranges [and benefits] of the three largest law enforcement agencies, three largest entities
25 employing correctional officers, and three largest entities employing public safety dispatchers,
26 respectively, of any political subdivision of the state; and
27 (2) when determining compensation, the director shall consider the compensation under

1 Subsection (1), internal comparisons, and other factors in order to allow the state to recruit and
2 retain the highest qualified peace officers, correctional officers, and public safety dispatchers.
3 Section 2. Appropriation.
4 There is appropriated from the General Fund $125,000 for fiscal year 1998-99, to the
5 Department of Public Safety, for the compensation of public safety dispatchers employed by the
6 state.
7 Section 3. Effective date.
8 This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-9-98 1:45 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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