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S1522............................................................by FINANCE APPROPRIATIONS - Appropriating an additional $370,000 to the Department of Law Enforcement for Police Services and Idaho State Police for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. 02/26 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/27 Rpt prt - to Fin 02/27 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/04 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-1-2 AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth NAYS--Stennett Absent and excused--Crow, Sorensen Floor Sponsor - Parry Title apvd - to House 03/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg 03/06 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-1-2 AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15), Black(23), Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker NAYS -- Stoicheff Absent and excused -- Boe, Field(13), Floor Sponsor - Geddes Title apvd - to Senate 03/10 To enrol 03/11 Rpt enrol - Pres signed 03/11 Sp signed 03/12 To Governor 03/13 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 29 Effective: 03/13/98
S1522|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1522 BY FINANCE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR FIS- 3 CAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 5 SECTION 1. In addition to the appropriation made in Section 1, Chapter 6 293, Laws of 1997, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Law 7 Enforcement the following amounts to be expended for the designated programs 8 according to the designated standard classification from the listed fund for 9 the period July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1999: 10 B. POLICE SERVICES: 11 FOR: 12 Personnel Costs $100,000 13 FROM: 14 General Fund $100,000 15 C. IDAHO STATE POLICE: 16 FOR: 17 Personnel Costs $270,000 18 FROM: 19 General Fund $270,000 20 GRAND TOTAL $370,000 21 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 22 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 23 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SB 1522 This is a supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Law Enforcement. Spending authority for this bill extends into fiscal year 1999. FISCAL NOTE FTP General Ded/Other Federal Total FY 1998 Original Approp 493.80 12,482,200 20,954,200 7,187,200 40,623,600 Salary Enhancement 0.00 370,000 0 0 370,000 FY 1998 Total Approp 493.80 12,852,200 20,954,200 7,187,200 40,993,600 %Change from Original Approp. .0% 3.0% .0% .0% .9% This salary enhancement provides $270,000 for uniformed officers who work for the Idaho State Police; and $100,000 for Police Services' officers who target illegal drug trafficking and provide felony investigative assistance to counties. This will increase the beginning hourly wage of an ISP Trooper from $12.09 to $13.00; and the beginning hourly wage of a Special Agent from $13.16 to $15.48. This appropriation also provides adequate funding to move officers with experience to increase retention and avoid pay compression, but focuses on officers with less than three years of service with the Department to help with recruitment. Contact: Cathy Holland-Smith Legislative Services Office Budget & Policy Analysis Telephone: 334-4731