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Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-8-215. Additional salary payments

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In the event that sufficient revenues in the judgment of the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police exist, the Division of Arkansas State Police is authorized to make additional salary payments from such funds to those employees who have attained law enforcement certification above the basic certificate level, as defined by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.

(b) It is the intent of this section that such payment shall be optional, at the discretion of the director, dependent on sufficient revenues, and shall not be implemented using funds specifically set aside for other programs within the division.

(c)(1) Employees shall be eligible for all or a portion of additional salary payments scheduled as follows:

(A) General certificate--three hundred dollars ($300) annually;

(B) Intermediate certificate--six hundred dollars ($600) annually;

(C) Advanced certificate--nine hundred dollars ($900) annually; and

(D) Senior certificate--one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) annually.

(2) Payment of the funds may be made monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or annually depending upon the availability of revenues and shall be restricted to the following classifications:

(A) Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police;

(B) Arkansas State Police lieutenant colonel;

(C) Arkansas State Police major;

(D) Arkansas State Police captain;

(E) Arkansas State Police lieutenant;

(F) Arkansas State Police sergeant;

(G) Arkansas State Police corporal;

(H) Arkansas State Police trooper, first class;

(I) Arkansas State Police trooper; and

(J) Arkansas State Police senior corporal.

(d) Payments made under this section shall be considered part of the employee's regular income and subject to all applicable withholding required by law.

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