exceptions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the ranks within the law- enforcement section of the Division of Natural Resources are colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, natural resources police officer first class, senior natural resources police officer, natural resources police officer and enatural resources police officer-in-training. Each officer while in uniform shall wear the insignia of rank as provided by the chief natural resources police officer. r (b) Beginning on July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2011, Natural Reusources Police Officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule: ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS Natural Resources Police Officer In Training (first year until end of probation) $26,337 Natural Resources Police Officer (second year) $29,768 Natural Resources Police Officer (third year) $30,140 Senior Natural Resources Poliece Officer (fourth and fifth year) $30,440 L Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class (after fifth year) $32,528 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after tenth year) $33,104 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after fifteenth year) $33,528 Corporal (after sixteenth year) $36,704 Sergeant $40,880 First Sergeant $42,968 Lieutenant $47,144 Captain $49,232 Major $51,320 Lieutenant Colonel $53,408 Colonel Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, Natural Resources Police Officers shall be paid the minimum annual salaries based on the following schedule: ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (BASE PAY) SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY RANKS t Natural Resources Police Officer in Training (first year until end of probation) $31,222 Natural Resources Police Officer (second year) $34,881 Natural Resources Police Officer (thgird year) $35,277 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (fourth and fifth year) $35,601 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer First Class (after fifth yeaVr) $37,797 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after tenth year) $38,397 Senior Natural Resources Police Officer (after fifteenth year) $38,833 Corporal (after sixteenth year) $42,105 Sergeant $46,401 First Sergeant $48,549 Lieutenant $52,857 Captain $55,005 Major $57,153 Lieutenant Colonel $59,301 Colonel $66,000 Beginning July 1, 2017, the director may set additional annual compensation for Natural Resources Police Officers based on rank and length of service in addition to the minimum annual salaries provided in this section in an amount payable solely from the Law Enforcement Program Fund and the Special Revenue License Fund. Each Natural Resources Police Officer whose minimum salary is fixed and specuified in the Annual Salary Schedule in this section is entitled to the length of service increases set forth in section one- a of this article. In applying the salary schedules set forth in this sectioan where salary increases are provided for length of service, Natural Resources Police Officers in service at the time the schedules become effective shall be given credit for prior servlice and shall be paid salaries the same length of service entitles them to receive undesr the provisions of this section. (c) This section does not apply to special oir emergency Natural Resources Police Officers appointed under the authority of section one of this article. (d) Nothing in this section prohibits other pay increases as provided under section two, article five, chapter five of this code: Provided, That any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor, and any increase in the base pay for the ranks within the law-enforcement section authorized by the director, will be added to, and reflected in, the minimum salaries set forth in this section; and that any merit increases granted to an officer over and above the annual salary schedule listed in subsection (b) of this section arVe retained by an officer when he or she advances from one rank to another: Provided, however, That any Natural Resources Police Officer who receives an increase in compensation pursuant to the amendment and reenactment of this section in 2011 shall not receive any across-the-board pay increase granted by the Legislature or the Governor in 2011.
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