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2011 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Committee Approved)

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Addressing State Police Overtime Compensation

Item 408 #1h

Item 408 #1h

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Public Safety
State Police, Department of FY2011 $0 FY2012 $5,977,590 GF

Language
Page 343, line 9, strike "$212,708,179" and insert "$218,685,769".
Page 343, line 18, strike "$122,405,151" and insert "$128,382,741".


Explanation
(This amendment provides compensation for State Police officers working between 40 and 43 hours in any seven-day period. Currently, officers, who are classified according to the Fair Labor Standards Act as non-exempt positions, receive compensatory time for these hours. These compensatory hours must be used within 12 months or are lost. Additional hours worked over 43 hours in any period are compensated using overtime leave at one and one-half hours for each hour worked. The State Police manage compensatory time in order to limit the need for overtime leave. In order to do so, officers must take leave periodically, resulting in other officers needing to work overtime hours.)